Xuande style black paint color painting inlaid with mother-of-pearl dragon and pearl pattern incense table

[Xuande style black paint colored painting inlaid with mother-of-pearl dragon and pearl pattern incense table]

Xuande, Ming Dynasty, height 82 cm, face diameter 38 cm
Xiangji Begonia style several faces, crane legs elephant nose style feet, fall on several seats of the Sumizao style. Several sides are inlaid with mother-of-pearl and painted with dragon and pearl patterns, and the periphery and several edges are decorated with flower patterns. The waist is embossed with Ruyi cloud head pattern and painted with broken branches. The upper part of the leg is inlaid with mother-of-pearl painted with dragon playing pearl pattern, and the lower part is painted with broken branch pattern. The seat surface is round and bright, with fish and algae patterns painted inside, and the outer circle is decorated with origami flowers. The knife on the inner side of the leg and tooth is carved with the style of “Da Ming Xuan De Nian”
There was the custom of burning incense indoors in the Ming Dynasty. The incense table was the furniture for holding the incense burner. This piece with style is the representative work of early lacquer furniture in the Ming Dynasty