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Four Drawer Inlaid Altar

Offered by: PAGODA RED

Description
Depth: 16" // This shallow console table was crafted over 150 years ago in China's Fujian province, and was originally used as an altar table storing incense and other offerings. Elegantly constructed with mortise-and-tenon joinery techniques, the altar is subtly decorated with exquisite inlaid decorations of scholars' objects, flowers, and figures. Amidst the decorations are censers burning incense, brush pots with calligraphy brushes, bulb pots with narcissus flowers, and rootwood plant stands bearing graceful bouquets. The carefully laid decoration contrasts the warm glow of the table's lindenwood and camphor construction, and offers the same storied charm as a finely painted table.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	c. 1850
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Asian
Dealer Reference #:	CAI067
Incollect Reference #:	815982

Dimensions

W.	51.5 in;	H.	45.5 in;
W.	130.81 cm;	H.	115.57 cm;

Message from Seller:

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