Marble-Inset Incense Stands with Hardwood and Prunus Petal Design

A pair of hardwood 'dreamstone' marble-inset incense stands,…
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A pair of hardwood 'dreamstone' marble-inset incense stands, 19th/20th century, each of tall circular section, the top with a marble panel set within a frame with moulded and beaded edge above a recessed waist with oval apertures, all supported on five slender pierced arched legs and joined at the base by a conforming arched and pierced stretcher reinforced with prunus petal-form latticework, all raised on pierced splayed feet, -2, 109.5 cm high, 35.5 cm diameter, Compare with a similar pair of zitan incense stands inset with burlwood panels, sold Sotheby's, New York, 18 March 2017, lot 1055

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  • Zitan Wood - Zitan is the most expensive, and since ancient times, has been considered the most precious of woods.

    Zitan wood is the hardest and heaviest of all hardwoods. It is purplish-black to black in colour, and with a grain so dense it is virtually invisible.

    Zitan can usually only be obtained in quite narrow strips and so it is rare to find large pieces of furniture made from this wood. True Chinese rosewood is a variety of zitan and is very rare.

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