Lot 5021. A brown lacquer cup stand, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 17.4 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 189,000 HKD (Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021

Note: See several related cup stands with metal-mounted rims included in the exhibition The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004: no. 144, in the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, no. 145, in the Fujita Art Museum, Osaka, no. 146-147, in the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, and two other examples nos 148-149. Compare also a similar example from the Aoyama Studio collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9th October 2020, lot 106.

Sotheby's. Echoes of Fragrance – Evolution of Tea Culture from the Tang to the Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 16 December 2021