A RARE CHINESE ZITAN STOOL

QIANLONG 1736-95

The recessed top above an apron carved with scrollwork and a central ruyi-head, raised on incurved corner legs terminating with scroll feet, 41.5cm x 30.5cm x 50.5cm.

Cf. Classics of the Forbidden City, Imperial Furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties, p.106, no.105; and also The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I) (53), p.60, no.45; see also Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 9th October 2020, lot 103 for a comparable example.