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A CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BROWN LACQUERED S

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A CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BROWN LACQUERED STAND, MID 19TH CENTURY, the shaped rectangular top above a conforming reticulated frieze on a sloped shoulder and stylized cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes, inlaid with figures on a bridge before a pavilion beneath stylized trees within borders of trellis panels and phoenix birds on a similarly inlaid base with figures at various pursuits on a terrace. Note: Tables and stands of this form have a long history in China, as has been noted by Laurence Sickman (see Chinese Classic Furniture, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, Vol. 42, 1977-1978, pl. 9b for an illustration of a somewhat similarly shaped table or stand that was part of a group of miniature items of furniture excavated from a tomb at Huayanse, Datong, Shaanxi province, dated AD 1189). Similar lot sold Christie's London, November 2006, Lot 70. Height: 17" Width: 11 3/4"

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