A CROSS-SHAPED WOOD STOOL WITH ARMRESTS AND BAMBOO DECORATION China, Qing dynasty 74 x 78 x 33 cm Inscribed label to underside: Private property of the German Consul in Beihai ... (Beihai de lingshi ... heng si chan). The German Consulate in Behai City, Guangxi Province existed from 1886 to 1908. From a Rhineland private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Cf. Beurdeley, "Chinese Furnitures" (1979), no. 221 (dated Canton, ca. 1850) Minor traces of age