A RARE BLACK TIXI LACQUER CUPSTAND, TUOZHAN

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A RARE BLACK TIXI LACQUER CUPSTAND, TUOZHAN
EARLY MING DYNASTY, LATE 14TH/EARLY 15TH CENTURY

The hollow vessel is crisply carved through thick layers of black lacquer with broad bands of ruyi scrolls around the cup-shaped receptacle, on both sides of the wide flange, and on the flared foot, the interior lacquered black, age cracks
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide, box

Lot Essay

Cf. a black tixi lacquer cupstand of this size and with this design from the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, included in the exhibition Carved Lacquer, The Tokugawa Art Museum and the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, 1984, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 20.

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