AN EXTREMELY RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BROWN LACQUER STAND
AN EXTREMELY RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BROWN LACQUER STAND YUAN EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH 15TH CENTURY The lobed hexafoil top finely inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl with an aquatic scene depicting a pair of courting mandarin ducks with intricately detailed plumage among budding and blossoming lotus reeds, with fish, crabs and crustaceans swimming at their feet, all below pairs of butterflies, birds and dragonflies beside overhanging fruiting pomegranate and willow branches, the shaped and pierced apron, curved scrolling legs and top of the apron decorated with full chrysanthemum blooms borne on slender leafy scrolling stems, within further bands of cranes in flight, geometric diaper patterns and scrolling vines to around the apron and base 16½ in. (42 cm.) across, Japanese wood box
AN EXTREMELY RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BROWN LACQUER STAND
AN EXTREMELY RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BROWN LACQUER STAND YUAN EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH 15TH CENTURY The lobed hexafoil top finely inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl with an aquatic scene depicting a pair of courting mandarin ducks with intricately detailed plumage among budding and blossoming lotus reeds, with fish, crabs and crustaceans swimming at their feet, all below pairs of butterflies, birds and dragonflies beside overhanging fruiting pomegranate and willow branches, the shaped and pierced apron, curved scrolling legs and top of the apron decorated with full chrysanthemum blooms borne on slender leafy scrolling stems, within further bands of cranes in flight, geometric diaper patterns and scrolling vines to around the apron and base 16½ in. (42 cm.) across, Japanese wood box
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