A GOOD ZITAN LAMPSTAND, DENGTAI

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A GOOD ZITAN LAMPSTAND, DENGTAI
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The top of the slender pole set with a round candle stand, supported by four hanging, beaded spandrels of stylized hook and cloud form, the two crossed-shoe feet with scrolled, rounded cloud shapes adjoining drums decorated with flowerheads, topped by four standing spandrels also of stylized hook and cloud form, the wood of a rich dark color
61in. (155cm.) high, 18 7/8in. (50.5cm) diameter

Literature

Sarah Handler, "Carriers of Light: The Chinese Lampstand and Lantern", JCCFS, Spring 1991, p. 27, figs. 10 and 10a
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 168, no. 78

Lot Essay

Compare the huanghuali lamp with similar hanging spandrels and feet illustrated by Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, p. 227, no. 141, which is one of a pair

According to Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. I, p. 101, E48, the design of a drum with central flowerhead on the feet is also characteristic of small screen stands