A PAIR OF CHINESE ZITAN LANTERN STANDS QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

each square section vertical upright with four shaped spandrels carved with coiled chilong, supported on an X-form base carved with further chilong amidst scrolling motifs (2)

Replica Shoes 's New York, 23rd March 1999, lot 37.
Acquired from the above by A. Alfred Taubman.

The stands are in overall good condition. There are patch and filled repairs to splitting and to consolidate the joinery. The feet with patches and fills consistent with age and use. The surface with expected wear and some staining.
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A closely related pair is illustrated in Curtis Evarts, Liang Yi collects ion, Hong Kong, 2007, pp. 110-111.  Another pair was sold at Christie's New York, 17th September 2015, lot 2047.

For further discussion on lantern stands see Sarah Handler, 'The Chinese Lampstand and Lantern', The Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Spring, 1991.