A Chinese Export Lacquer Console Table
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A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER PIER/CONSOLE TABLE
Canton
Circa 1830
A rare polychrome lacquer console table with drawer on a black ground with unusual carved acanthus capitals to each column. The top depicts people pursuing pastimes in a riverside landscape among trees, pavilions, pagodas and river craft. The frieze which contains a drawer is similarly decorated both on the front and the sides. There are four column supports leading to a platform base with foliate decoration and central flower head.
Height: 37” (93.5cm)
Width: 38 ½” (85 cm)
Depth: 15 ¼” (38.5)
