Lot 90
90
A PAIR OF ZITAN STANDS, XIAOJI

Details
A PAIR OF ZITAN STANDS, XIAOJI
17TH CENTURY

The rectangular top set within a frame with 'ice-plate' edge above a high waist and beaded curvilinear aprons, the beading meeting at the center of the aprons and coiling over to delineate scrolling leafy vines, the shoulders carved in low relief with animal masks, supported on short, beaded cabriole legs terminating in modified cloud scroll feet 4in. (10cm.) high, 13 3/8in. (39cm.) wide, 8¼in. (21cm.) deep (2)
Literature
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 184, no. 87

Lot Essay

Refer to the kang table with similar foliate decoration and cabriole legs included in the exhibition, Beyond the Screen, and illustrated by Nancy Berliner in the Catalogue, no. 25. Compare, also, the kang table sold by China Guardian, Beijing, October 9, 1995, 'The Qing Shui Shan Fang Collection of Ming and Qing Furniture', lot 832