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ANOTHER PROPERTY

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A PAIR OF LACQUER-INSET, GILT-DECORATED ZITAN HEXAGONAL STOOLS
18TH CENTURY

Each stool is set within the zitan frame with a lacquer top fnely painted in vibrant colors with a central
foral medallion amidst leafy scroll and peonies at the corners within an archaistic scroll border in gilt,
above a narrow waist painted in gilt with scrollwork, and the fnely beaded ruyi-shaped apron, carved with
a stylized lotus fower between scrolls. The whole is raised on inward-curving legs terminating in scroll-
form feet and joined at the base by a hexagonal foot rail, above small tab feet.

18æ in. (47.7 cm.) high, 14¡ in. (36.5 cm.) square (2)
$80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Koger Collection, Savannah, Georgia.

These stools belong to a group of zitan stools currently in the Palace Museum, Beijing such as the
example dated early to mid-Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Ming and Qing
Furniture in the Palace Museum, vol. 6: Stool, Beijing, 2015, p. 149, pl. 61, where one can see the inset-
lacquer top fnely painted with a central foral medallion amidst scrollwork and bats in vibrant colors and
gilt. Another zitan hexagonal stool, dated to the mid-Qing dynasty, similarly constructed with stylized
ruyi-shaped aprons and carved with archaistic scroll work is illustrated in ibid., p. 147, pl. 60.

清十八世紀 紫檀黑漆彩繪牡丹紋斜角方凳成對

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