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Lot 642Y

A HONGMU ROOT-FORM INCENSE STAND
19th century

12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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A HONGMU ROOT-FORM INCENSE STAND

19th century
Carved and pierced in the form of a gnarled trunk of irregular form bearing pomegranates fruits and finger citrons, rising to a lower platform and an upper platform, the wood of dark chocolate tone. 67.6cm (26 5/8in) high.

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十九世紀 紅木鏤空雕根式香幾

This stand is carved from a solid section of wood following the style of root-wood furniture popularised during the Ming dynasty in Jiangnan. The visual effects of root-wood were simulated in various wood types. Compare with a related pair of rootwood and burl stands, 19th/20th century, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 March 2011, lot 652.

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