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A LARGE PAIR OF GILT AND Lavishly decorated with intricate designs of Under the Yongzheng emperor, lacquered
POLYCHROME BLACK-LACQUERED blossoming flowers and writhing dragons, the furniture became popular as demonstrated
WOOD CONSOLE TABLES present tables appear to have been inspired in the number of extant examples in the Qing
Both tables with rectangular top set above by Imperial lacquer furniture of the 18th Court Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing.
a galleried waist raised on cabriole legs century. See a low table, Yongzheng, illustrated in
terminating in everted hoof feet, all resting The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
on a rectangular frame, lavishly decorated in Palace Museum. Furniture of the Ming and
polychrome and gilt designs on the top with a Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2002, no.143, in
Shou character between two lotus medallions which the top is painted in gold with washes
surrounded by four sinuous dragons and of red with a landscape centering on a lake
four butterflies hovering amidst a profusion scattered with small islands with pavilions
of blossoming lotus, peonies and other connected by bridges, the waisted sides with
flowerheads issuing from curving tendrils and shaped openings alternating with striding
acanthus leaves, all within a border of scrolling gold dragons.
lotus and diaper cartouches, the waist
decorated with rectangular panels depicting
further dragons, the legs and base frame with
further scrolling lotus designs.
130cm (51 1/8in) long x 80cm (31 1/2in) high
x 65cm (25 1/2in) deep. (2).
£12,000 - 18,000
CNY94,000 - 140,000

黑漆彩繪描金團壽字穿花龍紋高束腰邊桌成
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