Lot 277
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A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER CENTRE TABLE
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A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER CENTRE TABLE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER CENTRE TABLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with flowering branches and stems
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 36¾ in. (94 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Tables such as this, referred to as 'India tea tables' in the 18th century, were intended to display Chinese porcelain objects. Nearly identical tables may be found at Harewood House, Yorkshire, Osterley Park, Middlesex and Houghton, Norfolk. The Harewood House table is illustrated in situ in C. Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, 1978, p. 167, pl. 300. The Osterley Park tables are listed in the gallery in the 1782 inventory as 'two blackenned and gold japanned tables.' (M. Tomlin, The 1782 Inventory of Osterley Park, F.H.S.J., vol. XXII, 1986, p.120).

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