MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

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A MING MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER INCENSE STAND
MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Of square section, the lipped-edge top supported on high waist with open-work inset panels and joined by a shaped rounded apron with carved-out ruyi head, resting on four tapering cabriole legs ending in scroll feet, all on a low waisted base, the top surface inlaid with mother-of-pearl against dark brown surface with a scene of scholars on horseback gathering a before gates and pavilions, enclosed by a diaper-corner border, with further scrolls and tree-shrews to the apron and legs, and a peacock amidst blossoming peony on the top of the base
25 7/8 x 15 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (66 x 36 x 39.5 cm.), Japanese wood box

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A Japanese private collection

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Tables and stands of this form have a long history in China, as has been noted by Laurence Sickman and discussed in 'Chinese Classic Furniture', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 42, 1977-1978, pl. 9b with an illustration of a somewhat similarly shaped table or stand that was part of a group of miniature items of furniture excavated from a tomb at Huayansi, Datong, Shaanxi province, dated AD 1189).

Compare a related stand illustrated in Mother-of-Pearl Inlay in Chinese Lacquer Art, Tokyo National Museum, 1981, no 46. A slightly smaller example was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, May 27, 2008, lot 1942.