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Rare carved huanghuali mirror stand Ming Dynasty

Christies London 13.05.2014

Hi, know nothing about authenticity or age,but your mirror is beautiful! I have never seen anything like it in that form. I do have a carved Chinese dragon coffee table with brass insert that looks similar.
:)Barb

A RARE AND IMPORTANT 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' HUANGHUALI MIRROR STAND, WUPINGFENGSHIJINGTAI
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The top of the crest rail is decorated with a flaming pearl and is flanked by dragon-head terminals, above five openwork panels intricately carved and pierced with sections of dragons and phoenix, all with dragon-head terminals to the top corners. The central curved panel to the front is finely carved with a dragon chasing the flaming pearl above crashing waves. The lower front is set with five drawers detailed with cartouches of phoenix in flight, below a balustrade carved with reticulated panels of mythical beasts and surmounted by finials carved with dragons, all raised on short straight legs.
31¾ in. (80.7 cm.) high, 20? in. (53 cm.) wide, 13? in. (34 cm.) deep

actually seems right to my eye.
very rare item
the timber will only become raised along the vesicles from significant exposure to ..... what's that word I'm looking for - oh, age.

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