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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CUP STAND
- POSSIBLY RYUKYUAN, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CUP STAND
POSSIBLY RYUKYUAN, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Estimate
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    $4,000 - $6,000

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Sale 2389
property from the arthur m sackler collections
14 September 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza




Lot Description

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CUP STAND
POSSIBLY RYUKYUAN, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The cup holder decorated on the exterior with four shaped reserves enclosing flower sprigs and reserved on a diaper ground, with red lacquer interior, the top and underside of the shallow dish and the spreading pedestal foot inlaid with various flower sprays
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam., box


黑漆嵌螺鈿盞托

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Provenance

Sammy Y. Lee & Wangs Co., Hong Kong, 1973.

Literature

Lee Yu-kuan, Oriental Lacquer Art, New York/Tokyo, 1973, p. 123, no. 59.

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