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Incense Stand (Xiang Ji) with Nine DragonsInscribed "Made in the dingwei year of the Wanli period [1607]," Ming dynasty

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Lacquered wood pedestal table with coral-red ground and allover gold foliate decoration, cabriole legs, and polychrome painted panels depicting flowering branches and garden scenes
Embroidered textile panel on red ground with gold and dark thread depicting a coiling dragon at center, surrounded by stylized clouds, deer, and floral motifs; Buddhist swastika (manji) symbols repeat across the background; Chinese calligraphy and a swastika emblem appear at top center.
Lacquered panel with red ground decorated in gold and dark brown; central intertwined serpentine motif above a large manji (swastika) symbol, surrounded by stylized lotus and foliage; repeating manji and geometric diaper pattern fill the background; cracked lacquer surface throughout.
Red lacquerware surface with gold-incised decoration depicting a gnarled pine tree, rockery, bamboo, and flowering plants within a rectangular panel, surrounded by scrolling cloud and floral motifs at the borders.
Detail of a lacquered wooden altar table with red and black painted decoration. Central apron panel shows lotus blossoms and cloud motifs; lower skirt features sinuous dragons against a diaper-pattern ground; top edge decorated with carved floral roundels. Surface shows crackled and worn lacquer.
Detail of a lacquered wooden altar table with heavily crackled surface; red and gold painted decoration includes a frieze of lotus scrolls on the apron panel, dragons amid geometric diaper patterns along the scalloped skirt, and floral rosettes along the top edge.
Detail of a red-lacquered wooden altar table with incised and gilt decoration; upper apron panel features lotus and cloud motifs, lower frieze shows sinuous dragons amid a diaper ground pattern, overall surface shows age cracking.
Detail of a red-lacquered wooden altar table with heavily crazed surface, decorated with incised and gilt designs: a frieze of floral motifs along the top edge, a recessed panel featuring lotus blossoms and ruyi clouds, and a scalloped apron below depicting sinuous dragons amid a diaper-pattern ground.
Close-up detail of a lacquered furniture leg with a curved cabriole form, reddish-brown ground decorated with gold and green inlaid floral vine motifs; scalloped apron visible at top.
Close-up of a red-lacquered wooden surface with visible cracks and wear, bearing a horizontal row of incised Chinese characters in the lower center.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Incense Stand (Xiang Ji) with Nine Dragons
Culture
Chinese
Place Made
China
Date Made
Inscribed "Made in the dingwei year of the Wanli period [1607]," Ming dynasty
Period
Ming dynasty
Medium
Red lacquer on wood core with engraved gold (qiangjin), and incised and lacquer-filled (tianqi) decoration
Dimensions
20 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (51.44 x 31.12 x 31.12 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Steve and Robin Kim, Gerald and Gail Oppenheimer, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Lenore and Richard Wayne, Suzanne Deal Booth and David Booth, Caron and Steven D. Broidy, Virginia and William M. Carpenter, Judith and Steaven K. Jones, Alice and Nahum Lainer, and Myron Laskin through the 2004 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2004.51
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art