A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER 'SCHOLARS' RECTANGULAR WAISTED STANDMing DynastyThe rectangular top inlaid with mother-of-pearl against reddish brown surface depicting a garden and pavilion scene of scholars visiting friends with aguqin, surrounded by attendants, the honeb-pattern waist pierced with narrow lobed apertures, the shaped apron with floral catouches and phoenix roundels, supported on four cabriole legs atop a conforming base decorated with bird and flower.34cm (13 3/8in) highProvenance: 明 褐漆地嵌螺鈿携琴訪友焚香圖束腰香几Provenance:A collection from Kanazawa, Japan來源：金澤藏家舊藏See a mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer incense stand, Ming dynasty, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 3027.四足香几，漆色深褐，長方形几面飾螺鈿携琴訪友焚香圖，束腰上飾有六角形花紋，牙條上飾團鳳紋及每面開光均嵌有纏枝蓮紋，足上四周飾卷草紋，几足下有方框底座，上飾花鳥圖。此品構圖巧妙，人物衣服紋飾細節交代一絲不苟，屬難能可貴的一例香几。參考一件明黑漆螺鈿嵌文會圖四足香几，2018年5月30日售於香港佳士得，拍品3027。