A HONGMU CIRCULAR STAND

19TH CENTURY

Details

A HONGMU CIRCULAR STAND
19TH CENTURY
The top has a central circular aperture and finely beaded inner and outer edges above a gently rounded shoulder and shaped, beaded aprons. The whole is supported on elegant curved legs terminating in scroll feet set into humpback base stretchers raised on small tab feet.
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, 5 ¾ in. (14.8 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Barney and Emma Dagan Collection, Beverly Hills, California, 1960s.

Lot Essay

The hanging scroll The Qianlong Emperor Viewing Paintings painted by Giuseppe Castiglione, dating to 1738-1768, currently in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated by E. Rawski and J. Rawson, China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, p. 282, pl. 194, shows the Qianlong Emperor seated beside a large recessed-leg table set with a variety of precious objects raised on stands. A large alms bowl, possibly in bronze, is shown displayed on a circular stand with elegant cabriole legs and circular base stretcher similar to the present example.

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