17TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE LARGE ZITAN BALANCE STAND
17TH CENTURY
The protruding top rail is supported on vertical posts joined by a stretcher fitted with narrow openwork panels above shaped corner spandrels. The posts are flanked by standing spandrels and fitted into thick humped feet joined by a single drawer.
30 1/8 in. (76.5 cm.) high, 27 ½ in. (69.9 cm.) wide, 13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

Literature

Grace Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, p. 278.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

The present balance stand is distinguished by its large proportions and the superior quality of the dark zitan. A slightly smaller zitan balance stand, dated to the late 17th-early 18th century, is in the Liang Yi Collection and published by Curtis Evarts in Liang Yi Collection, vol. 3, Hong Kong, 2007, p. 160.

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