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A mirror stand, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
894 - 1 340 EUR
916 - 1 370 USD
Hammer price
34 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A mirror stand, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

A reclining mythical horned beast with a holder for a mirror on its back. Height 29 cm. Lenght 30 cm.

Restored.

Provenance

Property of a Swedish private collection.

Literature

Mirror stands such as the present lot were popular and made over a long period of time. In Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, cat. no. 87, Rose Kerr illustrates a gilded example from the Salting Bequest in the Victoria & Albert Museum, which she dates to the Song / Yuan dynasty. Ming dynasty examples sold at auction include one from the collection of Ulrich Hausmann, sold at Sothebys, Hong Kong rooms 8th October 2014, lot 3370, and another sold at Sothebys, London rooms, 9th November 2011, lot 391.