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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A ZHAZHENMU FOOTREST, JIAOTA
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The latticework top is set into the rounded
rectangular frame above a narrow waist. The
plain aprons are supported by short, tapering legs
terminating in hoof feet.
4æ in. (12.1 cm.) high, 20æ in. (52.7 cm.) wide,
13Ω in. (34.3 cm.) deep
$5,000-7,000

Zhazhen wood is a slow-growing tree resembling
mulberry that is endemic to the Lower Yangtze
delta region of Subei in Jiangsu province. It is a
relatively resilient wood, and has a highly-varied
grain; for these reasons, it has long been favored
by furniture makers in the Subei region. Although
957 traditionally scholarship of zhazhen furniture
has been less prevalent than that of zitan or
huanghuali, Zhang Jinhua’s recent two-volume
work, The Classical Chinese Furniture of Weiyang,
London, 2016, has contributed immensely to the
study of this wood. For a footrest closely related
to the present example, see ibid., pp. 296-97.
清十八/十九世紀 柞榛木馬蹄足腳踏

958
A ZHAZHENMU FOOTREST, JIAOTA
19TH CENTURY
The lattice-work top is enclosed within a
rectangular frame above a plain beaded apron
and beaded humpback stretchers set with vertical
struts. The whole is raised on beaded rectangular
legs terminating in scroll-form feet.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, 33º in. (84.4 cm.) wide,
18æ in. (47.6 cm.) deep
$5,000-7,000
清十九世紀 柞榛木羅鍋棖腳踏

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