Late C19th Chinese export red lacquer altar table of early C18th Kangxi period design.
Highly decorative Chinese polychrome red lacquer oblong altar or console table . The top decorated with a traditional mountainous landscape scene with pavilions . Stepped and pierced friezes with floral peony painted decoration and open fret-work to the sides . The edge of the top with a running key design. The uprights with traditional carved Chinese key design , the open ends with shaped inserts , joined by stretchers to the base .
Of free-standing form with all-round lacquer and painted decoration .
An exotic and atmospheric Chinese table of good scale and proportions, in as found , country-house , fresh-to-the-market unrestored condition, with some wear and losses to the lacquer decoration. Structurally strong and sound .
* a Kangxi period black lacquer table of similar design is in the Chinese bedroom at Badminton House , Gloucestershire ( see photograph above in situ )
H 33”
W 52”
D 15”
China c.1880
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Internal Reference: ML 237
Antique Number: SA1002778
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Height is 83cm (32.7inches)
Width is 132cm (52.0inches)
Depth is 38cm (15.0inches)
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