A ZITAN WAVE-FORM STAND

18TH-19TH CENTURY

Details

A ZITAN WAVE-FORM STAND
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The stand is carved and undercut from a single section of zitan with an irregular top carved as waves supported on further rolling waves around the sides and underside.
1 ¼ in. (3.3 cm.) high, 6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) wide, 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired in Cape Town, South Africa, 1960s.

Lot Essay

An eighteenth-century scroll painted by anonymous court painters entitled Pictures of Ancient Playthings, scroll 8, currently in the Percival David Foundation, London, and illustrated by E. Rawski and J. Rawson, China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, pp. 254-5, pl. 169, shows a related stand carved in openwork with rolling waves supporting a small white jade boat, suggesting that the present stand may have supported a similar carving.

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