Lot Essay
Two other lacquered kang tables of very similar form, one tianqi and the other mother-of-pearl inlaid are illustrated by Yu-kuan Lee, in Oriental Lacquer Art, Tokyo, 1972, pls. 244, 245.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE TIANQI LACQUERED BRACKET-LOBED KANG TABLE
Details
A RARE TIANQI LACQUERED BRACKET-LOBED KANG TABLE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The table top with lipped edge and bracket-lobed sides, incised and painted with a pair of birds perched on the rock and the flowering peony branches next to the orchards, surrounded by a lotus-scroll border, the waist carved with six shaped open-works and flower bundles, the curvilinear aprons decorated with further ruyi head openings and grape vines also extended to six cabriole legs
16 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 6 in. (42.4 x 27 x 15.2 cm.)
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The table top with lipped edge and bracket-lobed sides, incised and painted with a pair of birds perched on the rock and the flowering peony branches next to the orchards, surrounded by a lotus-scroll border, the waist carved with six shaped open-works and flower bundles, the curvilinear aprons decorated with further ruyi head openings and grape vines also extended to six cabriole legs
16 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 6 in. (42.4 x 27 x 15.2 cm.)