A SILVER WIRE-INLAID HONGMU RECTANGULAR STAND

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A SILVER WIRE-INLAID HONGMU RECTANGULAR STAND
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The plain top is set within a rectangular frame above a band of carved ruyi heads and raised on a tall waist encircled by a carved petal lappet border. The whole is supported on thick, shaped and curved legs further carved with shaped medallions enclosing writhing five-clawed dragons amidst clouds, and is finely inlaid in silver wire with decorative patterns.
5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) high, 15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) wide, 9 ½ in. (24.3 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

See two nearly identical stands, sold at Christie's New York, 28 March 1996, lot 241 and Christie's Paris, 10 December 2014, lot 190, each supporting a stepped cabinet carved en suite with dragons amidst clouds. The present example has the same thick proportions and fine carving, suggesting that it may also have once supported a small cabinet.

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