A CHINESE RED-LACQUER PSALTERY TABLE

18TH 19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE RED-LACQUER PSALTERY TABLE
18th 19th Century
The curved rectangular top decorated with C-scroll cartouches with animals and double-gourd bottles within cloud-shaped patterns and a geometric outer border, the sides with shaped piercing similarly decorated with cranes and with shaped angle brackets
41½in. (105cm.) wide; 15¼in. (39cm.) high; 19¾in. (50cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table relates to a group of low tables referred to as 'Psaltery Tables', which were used as stands for a zither, psalter or a related instrument. A related table is illustrated in G. Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Tokyo, 1960, pl. 60.

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