A FINE CARVED ZITAN SQUARE TABLE

18TH CENTURY

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A FINE CARVED ZITAN SQUARE TABLE
18th century
The detachable square top with an openwork border of clouds, supported on a turned and carved pedestal with four brackets to support the top above four larger brackets pierced and carved with bats among clouds, the baluster-shaped pedestal carved with bands of lotus petals, beading and archaistic motifs, all raised on a waisted square stand carved with a frieze of bats among clouds, lotus petals and scrolling foliage, the corners resting on four compressed legs, some restoration
32 in. (83 cm.) high, 31 in. (80 cm.) square

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The Emperor Yongzheng ordered a similar table with this unusual design of a single pedestal with openwork bracket supports in the eighth year of his reign. See Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, vol.11, Bamboo, Wood, Ivory, p.58 and col.pl.180, from the Palace Museum, Beijing. Like the present example, it has an openwork frieze below the edge of the top. The design of brackets supporting a central pedestal is known from lanterns in the Qing Dynasty.