Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Camphor Wood Supplied with strong hangers

Supplied with strong hangers

A rare glass handi lamp - mid 19thC with 3 way light fitting

Please note that the legs of all these benches are splayed

Supplied with strong wall brackets

combining sacred imagery with handwritten astrological script to represent elements of Hindu cosmology and personal destiny

Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Camphor Wood Supplied with strong hangersAn unusual Chinese altar table with 3 drawers made from pear wood and dating from the 19th century. It is made in the Ming Style and comes from Shanxi Province. A very useful piece of furniture for hallways. Altar tables were used for ancestor worship in China. Usually a family ancestor portrait would be hung above the table & joss sticks lit & placed on the table for the well being of the household. They were always long & narrow in form a