AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL ZITAN ARMCHAIR

AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL ZITAN ARMCHAIR

YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)

The back splat is carved in openwork in the form of a vase and decorated in the European Rococo style below the scrolled headcrest and elegantly curved crestrail and curvilinear arms, fitted with openwork spandrels carved as scrolling leaves. The zitan seat is fitted in a rectangular frame above a narrow waist and shaped aprons centered by a stylized lotus flower amidst acanthus scroll. The whole is raised on elegant cabriole legs, carved at the top with shells, and supported on small ball feet above the rectangular floor stretcher.

44 in. (111.8 cm.) high, 27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) wide, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) deep