Mått ställ 35x23x3 cm. Mått brickan 36x25x7 cm.
Slitage.
The Danish Diplomat and Counsul General for Denmark, Ove Christian Lunn (1873-1935), Lunn had a long diplomatic career and was posted 1910-1918 in Oslo, 1918-1924 in San Fransisco, 1924-28 in Melbourne, 1928-1935 in Shanghai. These items were aquired when posted in Shanghai, thence by descent within the family.
Compare a slightly smaller laohuali stand in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in R. H. Ellsworth, “Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Qing Dynasties”, New York, 1971, p. 236, pl. 155.
Carved from a single piece of wood, this style of display stand demanded flawless seasoned timber.