68. SOCLE EN ZITAN XVIIIe siècle A ZITAN STAND 18th century The rectangular top with mitred central panel over a recessed waist above plain aprons with beaded edge and open frame, all raised on four cabriole legs terminating in slightly incurved feet joined by a continuous base stretcher of conforming shape. 9cm x 35.7cm x 20.4cm (3 1/2in x 14in x 8in) 十八世紀 紫檀束腰鼓腿帶托泥長方座 Provenance: Collection of Christian Roll (1915-2007), Munich, acquired in Asia in the 1950s and 1970s, acquired from his collection in 1996 來源： 慕尼黑Christian Roll（1915-2007）珍藏，於1950年代及1970年代得自亞洲 現藏家於1996年得自上述來源 A nearly identical stand is published by Marcus Flacks, Custodians of the Scholars Way. Chinese Scholars Objects in Precious Wood, London, 2014, p.214. See also two other zitan stands of similarly type, published in Curtis Evans, A Leisurely Pursuit. Splendid Hardwood Antiquities from the Liang Yi Collection, Hong Kong 2000, no.86, and a second example illustrated in Robert D. Jacobsen, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, pl.84.