Lot Essay
The distinctive geometric-patterned gold ground of the present table is very close to the decoration on a pair of demilune card tables recently offered at Christie's New York, 7 April 2006, lot 256.
.jpg?w=1)
19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY A STAND
Details
A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT-LACQUERED TABLE
19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY A STAND
The top with a central red-painted dragon and the freize and the square, tapering legs with grape-vines and insects on a two-tone gold geometric-patterned ground, the top probably later-decorated
28¼ in. (72 cm.) high, 29¾ in. (73 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY A STAND
The top with a central red-painted dragon and the freize and the square, tapering legs with grape-vines and insects on a two-tone gold geometric-patterned ground, the top probably later-decorated
28¼ in. (72 cm.) high, 29¾ in. (73 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
Provenance
with Georges de Batz, New York.