QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

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A RARE PAIR OF ZITAN SQUARE CORNER-LEG STOOLS, FANGDENG
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
Each stool has panelled top set within the square frame carved with a continuous border of keyfret above a waist with oval designs and shaped aprons with stylised ruyi and kui dragon motifs. Similar motifs are repeated on the upper portion of the beaded legs. The straight square section legs terminate in stylised inverted scroll feet.
23 1/2 in. (60 cm.) square x 20 in. (51 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

This pair of stools is exceptional in its simple and elegant form and relates closely to a number of zitan stools in the Palace Museum, Beijing. Compare to a pair of zitan square stools carved with more elaborate designs, incorporating a lotus motif on the legs and a base stretcher, illustrated by Tian Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 64, pl. 4.

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