Qing dynasty, 18th century
The three-board floating panel top set into a mitered, mortise and tenoned frame, the top surface masterfully lacquered to resemble a single sheet of puddingstone enclosed in a huangtong frame and supported by two transverse stretchers and 'giant's arm braces' tenoned to the underside of the square, splayed legs half-lapped, mortise and tenoned into the underside of the frame and embellished with cloud-shaped brackets at each corner, the elegantly lacquered legs fashioned to resemble the shell of a tortoise; the apron fitted with elaborate huangtong brackets at the feet and barbed and cusped corner plates carved and etched with openwork designs of fronted peonies and leafy foliage.
34 3/4 x 37 3/4in x 18 7/8in (88.2 x 95.8 x 48cm)
Qing dynasty, 18th century
The three-board floating panel top set into a mitered, mortise and tenoned frame, the top surface masterfully lacquered to resemble a single sheet of puddingstone enclosed in a huangtong frame and supported by two transverse stretchers and 'giant's arm braces' tenoned to the underside of the square, splayed legs half-lapped, mortise and tenoned into the underside of the frame and embellished with cloud-shaped brackets at each corner, the elegantly lacquered legs fashioned to resemble the shell of a tortoise; the apron fitted with elaborate huangtong brackets at the feet and barbed and cusped corner plates carved and etched with openwork designs of fronted peonies and leafy foliage.
34 3/4 x 37 3/4in x 18 7/8in (88.2 x 95.8 x 48cm)
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