18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED ZITAN ARMCHAIR
18TH/19TH CENTURY
With protruding crest rail carved at either end with inward-facing chilong above the splat carved with ascending and descending chilong grasping leafy sprigs of lingzhi and a shaped apron, flanked by the back rails supported on vertical struts carved as rope-tied bi discs, with similar struts between the stepped arm rails above the zitan seat set within the rectangular frame, supported on a narrow waist and plain, beaded aprons above stretchers carved with further rope-tied bi discs, the whole supported on beaded legs of square section terminating in scroll-form feet
39½ in. (100.3 cm.) high, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide, 19¼ in. (48.9 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Archaistic decoration on furniture, which often included the addition of rope-tied bi discs, was quite popular under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, who was an enthusiastic collector of antiques. Because the form was so popular, decoration of this type continued throughout the late 18th and into the 19th centuries. Compare very similar decoration to that seen on the present chair found on a square zitan stool, dated to the mid-Qing dynasty, in the Forbidden City, illustrated in Ming Qing Gongting Jiaju Da Guan, Beijing, 2006, p. 139, no. 126.

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