Tea-bowl stand with phoenixes amid flowers China Phoenixes are often associated with imperial women. The sharpness of the outlines and decoration on this tea-bowl stand is typical of works produced at court in the early fifteenth century. Lacquer stands of this type were used to hold ceramic bowls, following the tradition from the Song dynasty (960–1279).. Tea-bowl stand with phoenixes amid flowers. China. Carved red lacquer. Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle mark and period (1403–24). Lacquer

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