Cup stand or saucer, wood decorated with black lacquer and foliate designs in gold, petal-shaped saucer on flared foot supporting bowl-shaped stand for separate cup, cup and stand sets (tuki) of Japanese lacquer were used by the Ainu in ceremonies: Japan, 19th century, collected in Hokkaido, Ainu

Cup stand, with a wood base covered with multi-coloured layers of lacquer carved in guri scroll design: Japan?, 18th century

Cup stand of stoneware with celadon green glaze, with piece missing from rim: Korea, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th-13th century AD

Cup stand of blue jasper ware decorated in white relief with a band of acanthus leaves in tongue-shaped spaces and a guilloche border: English, Staffordshire, Etruria, by Wedgwood, c. 1790

Porcelain cup stand with underglaze blue decoration of cranes and pine saplings: Japan, 1775 - 1800

Porcelain cup stand with underglaze blue decoration of landscape, Hirado Mikawachi ware: Japan, Hizen province, Mikawachi, c. 1700 - 1750