CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE

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PAIRE DE SELLETTES EN ZITAN, XIANGJI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
Le plateau supérieur est inséré dans un cadre carré aux bords arrondis. La ceinture en retrait surmonte un tablier, reposant sur quatre pieds de section carrée terminés par des sabots et réunis par des barres d'entretoise.
Hauteur: 75 cm. (29 ½ in.), dimensions du plateau: 42 x 42 cm. (16 ½ x 16 ½ in.)

Provenance

Private European collection, acquired prior to 1977, and thence by descent in the family.

Special notice

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Further details

A PAIR OF ZITAN SQUARE INCENSE STANDS, XIANGJI
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

A pair of zitan incense stands of the same proportion and design, from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, was sold at Christie's, New York, 18 March 2015, lot 147. See, also, another pair of square zitan stands (84 cm. high), elaborately carved with endless knots on the tall waist and carved aprons, illustrated in the catalogue Zitan: The Most Noble Hardwood, My Humble House Publications, Taipei, 1996, pp. 144-45.

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