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Sep 17, 2014 - Sep 18, 2014
Hongmu Altar Table, China, Qing dynasty, rectangular top above a narrow straight waist with long horizontal openings, placed on a wider frame with carved bands of lotus petal lappets around a rounded top, with bats amongst palmette scrolls bordering the straight apron and legs with hoof feet, the apron decorated with jade carvings of lotus flowers alternating with various auspicious symbols within a reticulated ground of geometric honeycomb patterns in a rectangular reserve defined with a band of meander design, metal brackets to the four joints of the frame and leg, wood openwork brackets to eight corners of legs and apron, 34 3/4 x 50 3/8 x 26 1/4 in.
Estimate $8,000-10,000
minor age cracks to wood, refinished top, one of wood openwork brackets detached.
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