A huanghuali hat stand with colored inlay - 18th/19th Century

The pieced wood stand formed as three upright ruyi scepters rising from a waisted base repeating the scepter head shape, the scepters inlaid with mother-of-pearl and colored stone and the compressed globular finial displaying a robins' egg blue porcelain shard mounted as the center of a flower head (minor old repairs). 15 3/4in (40cm) high - Sold for $11,000 plus Premium and tax  

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 18 Dec 2007. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, California