18TH-19TH CENTURY

A related circular, waisted wood stand raised on ruyi-form feet is seen in a painting by Zhang Weibang (c. 1721-61), dating to the Yongzheng or Qianlong period, entitled The Spring Festival, illustrated by E. Rawski and J. Rawson, China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, p. 186, pl. 82, where it is shown displaying a high-shouldered Guan-type vase with a towering floral arrangement.