A RARE 'QIANGJIN' AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID, CINNABAR LACQUER BOWL STAND 17TH CENTURY |

the low, gently tapering stand collared by a broad circular tray upturning at the rim, all raised on a hollow splayed foot, the top of the tray incised and gilt with a foliate scroll bearing similarly decorated flowers alternating with mother-of-pearl inlaid blooms, between a band of scrolls and cash diaper, the underside similarly decorated with incised and gilt floral scrolls beneath a cash diaper border at the rim, all reserved against a rich cinnabar-red lacquer ground, save for the footring dressed in black