Lot Essay
See the identical pair of zitan hexagonal stools included in the Urban Council, Hong Kong and Min Chiu Society exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, 1992, Hong Kong, Catalogue, p. 441, no. 310
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A PAIR OF ZITAN HEXAGONAL STOOLS, LIUJUE ZUODUN QIANLONG
The hexagonal paneled top with rounded edge above the narrow, thumb-grooved waist, each of the six sides with an openwork panel carved with a bi suspended from brackets of squared scrolls, the panel set within a frame formed by the legs and the plain apron and stretcher, all above pad feet
19½in. (49.5cm.) high, 16½in. (42cm.) across (2)
The hexagonal paneled top with rounded edge above the narrow, thumb-grooved waist, each of the six sides with an openwork panel carved with a bi suspended from brackets of squared scrolls, the panel set within a frame formed by the legs and the plain apron and stretcher, all above pad feet
19½in. (49.5cm.) high, 16½in. (42cm.) across (2)