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Lot 99
A PAIR OF TALL RED LACQUERED INCENSE STANDS, XIANGJI
Late Ming/Early Qing, 17th century
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection of Classical Chinese Furniture
20 March 2023, 11:00 EDT
New York

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A PAIR OF TALL RED LACQUERED INCENSE STANDS, XIANGJI

Late Ming/Early Qing, 17th century
Each constructed with a delicately shaped beaded top of square shape with a small single panel set into a flush frame under chamfered corners over a double cut-out waist and hipped shoulder bisected by curved beaded rails set into a double cushion molded square framed base.
36 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 18 1/4in (92 x 46.3 x 46.3cm) (2).

Footnotes

明末清初 十七世紀 紅漆高束腰方香几成對

Provenance:
Elliott Bay Antiques, 11 July 2003

来源：
Elliott Bay Antiques古董行，2003年7月11日

Incense stands are often part of wealthy household and has been illustrated in early paintings. For instance, the Southern Tang (937-975) painting Washing the Moon (National Palace Museum, Taipei) depicts a red lacquered square incense stands with gilt decoration. Red-ground lacquer incense stands are also illustrated in Zhongguo Zhu Mu Ya Jiao Qi Quanji 5: Jiaju [The Complete Collection of Chinese Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Volume 5: Furniture]. (Bejing, 2009), nos. 108 and 109.

For an example of this type in tianqi and qiangjin lacquer with a commensurate date, see Sotheby's, 20 March 2019, lot 714. For a rare and elegant example in huanghuali, see Christie's New York, The Dr. S.Y. Yip collection of fine and Important Classical Chinese Furniture, Friday Sept 20, 2002, lot 19.

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