POSSIBLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-12TH CENTURY

The shape of this stand is more than likely copying contemporary ones that were made in lacquer. See the brown lacquer stand of this form with similar petal-shaped flange dated to the 11th century in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, illustrated by Lee Yu-kuan, Oriental Lacquer Art, New York/Tokyo, 1972, p. 108, pl. 45, and a black lacquer example dated to the 12th century, p. 93, pl. 32. See, also, the Ru ware example dated 11th-12th century in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by M. Tregar, Song Ceramics, New York, 1982, p. 127, pl. 151.