A ZITAN AND HARDWOOD SUSPENSION STAND

18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A ZITAN AND HARDWOOD SUSPENSION STAND
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The panels and spandrels of the arched frame are carved as stylized dragons, with a bat at the top, all above a rectangular platform surrounded by a pierced gallery raised on a base with openwork sides.
21 7/8 in. (55.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The eighteenth-century scroll painted by anonymous court painters entitled Pictures of Ancient Playthings, scrolls 6 and 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. 252-5, pls. 168 and 169, shows five related openwork suspension stands, each suspending a jade chime.

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