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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER INCENSE STAND
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Details
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER INCENSE STAND
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The stand is of nearly square section with the lipped-edge top supported on a high waist with openwork inset panals and joined by a shaped rounded apron with carved out ruyi head. It is resting on four tapering cabriole legs ending in scroll feet and floral stems on pads, all on a low base with begonia panel inset waist. The top surface is inlaid with mother-of-pearl against dark brown surface with a scene of scholars gathering in a fenced garden pavilion, enclosed by floral scroll and diaper-corner border. The stand has further scrolls and phoenix decorating the apron and legs, and a prunus spray with bamboo within floral panels on the top of the base.
14 x 12 5/8 x 22 1/2 in. (35.7 x 32.2 x 57 cm.), Japanese wood box
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The stand is of nearly square section with the lipped-edge top supported on a high waist with openwork inset panals and joined by a shaped rounded apron with carved out ruyi head. It is resting on four tapering cabriole legs ending in scroll feet and floral stems on pads, all on a low base with begonia panel inset waist. The top surface is inlaid with mother-of-pearl against dark brown surface with a scene of scholars gathering in a fenced garden pavilion, enclosed by floral scroll and diaper-corner border. The stand has further scrolls and phoenix decorating the apron and legs, and a prunus spray with bamboo within floral panels on the top of the base.
14 x 12 5/8 x 22 1/2 in. (35.7 x 32.2 x 57 cm.), Japanese wood box
Provenance
Yatsuda Family Collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1942
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1942
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