Chinese Watercolour Painting On Pith Paper - 19th Century Door Coffee Tables This classic Chinese altar table

This classic Chinese altar table dates to the turn of the century circa 1900

Can be great for spoons in your kitchen or as a mini bathroom bin

VT: Tuttle Publishing

48 x 48 x 62 (wxdxh cms)

These doors can be built into a room as doors or used as room dividers

Chinese Watercolour Painting On Pith Paper - 19th Century Door Coffee Tables This classic Chinese altar tableThis excellent antique Chinese pith painting is painted on pith paper and dates from the 19th century. Pith paintings were painted in China for the European export market which was enjoying a fascination with all things Chinese and Chinoiserie. Here, a domestic scene plays out with two characters in traditional dress. Pith paper is the spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to southwest China. Pith is