A CARVED RED LACQUER KANG TABLE

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$ 6 000
Auction dateClassic
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 1174 | A CARVED RED LACQUER KANG TABLE
A CARVED RED LACQUER KANG TABLE

The top is carved with a pavilion in which three attendants assist a scholar painting a handscroll, with a river and hills in the distance, below an inscription describing the scene. The sides and outward-curving legs are carved with blossoming prunus branches on various diaper grounds. The inscription is followed by a seal, kuisheng, and the underside of the table is inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in gold lacquer.

11 7⁄8 in. (30.2 cm.) high; 34 5⁄8 in. (88 cm.) long; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep







Provenance

Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 September 1992, lot 942.
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