A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER STAND

MING DYNASTY

The top decorated with a scene of figures meeting on a terrace amidst clouds, the shaped apron decorated with birds, flowers and complex diaper designs, all raised on four scroll feet, 19cm x 64cm x 37cm.

Cf. Tokyo National Museum, Exhibition of Mother-of-Pearl Inlay in Chinese Lacquer Art, no.81, for a comparable example.