Lot Essay
A similar tixi black lacquer cup stand of this form and design, from the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Carved Lacquer, The Tokugawa Art Museum and the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, 1984, no. 20. Another was sold at Christie's Hong, 28 October 2002, lot 583. See also, a larger (8 1/4 in.) example included in the exhibition catalogue, In a Myriad of Forms: The Ancient Chinese Lacquers, Shanghai Museum, 2018, no. 52.