A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CUP STAND YUAN DYNASTY | 元 黑漆嵌螺鈿纏枝雛菊盞托

Property from the Aoyama Studio Collection

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CUP STAND

YUAN DYNASTY

青山居珍藏

元 黑漆嵌螺鈿纏枝雛菊盞托

of globular form with rounded sides, inlaid on the exterior with a continuous scroll of asters beneath a cash diaper border, supported on a broad circular tray upturning at the metal-mounted rim, similarly decorated on each side with a scroll of asters, all above a flaring foot further inlaid with a floral scroll, the interior lacquered black, Japanese wood box

15.6 cm, 6 ⅛ in.