Ming Style Half Table From Shanxi Province - Early 19th Century Style - Meiping Vase Stretcher Supports

Stretcher Supports

28 x 14 x 32(w x d x h cms)

Tibetan Altar Cabinet With Original Painting - circa 1920

47 x 39 x 80 (wxdxh cms)

Although often associated with Orissa

Ming Style Half Table From Shanxi Province - Early 19th Century Style - Meiping Vase Stretcher SupportsThis antique Chinese half table is from Shanxi province and dates to the early 19th century. It has a concealed drawer and is crafted from northern elm wood (yumu). It has a beautiful patina from over a century & a half of use. This table is made in the Ming style but dates to the later Qing dynasty. It is from Shanxi province and would originally have been coated with a dark burgundy lacquer. Much of this has worn away but traces still remain on the