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A HUANGHUALI INCENSE STAND, XIANGJI
17TH CENTURY
Of elegant, fluid form, the circular top with 'ice-plate' edge above a high waist with molded, elongated cartouches, the bracket-shaped apron with stepped molding, and beaded edge converging at the shoulders of the long, slender cabriole legs, the legs terminating in ball feet set upon square, stepped pads, themselves on a circular base with low pad feet
38 1/8in. (97cm.) high, 16 1/8in. (41cm.) top diameter
Literature
Sarah Handler, "The Incense Stand and the Scholar's Mystical State", JCCFS, Winter 1990, p. 6, fig. 4 and front cover
Sarah Handler, "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Renaissance Collection", Orientations, January 1991, p. 49, fig. 11
Wang Shixiang, "Jianyue Minglian" ("The Beauty of Ming Furniture"), GWY, May 1993, no. 122, p. 7
Wang Shixiang, "The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in California", JCCFS, Autumn 1993, p. 48, no. 4
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 162, no. 75
