RiverSpaVintage Antique Chinese Carved Scholar's Table Altar Console Table
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View all our Oriental pieces, tables & super vintage, antique & designer items here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RiverSpaVintage & subscribe to our mailing list at https://www.riverspavintage.com An exceptional antique Chinese scholar's table with fantastic open fretwork frieze carving & extremely rare lattice footrest. Hailing from the later Qing Dynasty period of the late 19th Century China, circa 1890, this fabulous rare piece has gorgeous golden colouring, outstanding craftsmanship & superb oriental design & can be used as a console, hall or ornamental table in a variety of interior settings. Even amongst other high-end finely carved antique Chinese carved altar console tables, this wonderful piece stands out as an exemplary & especially rare example for its gorgeously intricate frieze carving to ALL sides as well as the extremely rare fretwork lower shelf. Originally it would have occupied a central position in a scholar's studio so that it could be admired & appreciated from all sides. Made of solid Chinese elm ranging in hue from gorgeous golden honey to light nutty brown, this fabulous narrow console table features wonderful signs of Chinese master-craftsmanship & traditional artisan joinery throughout. It has solid just off-square rectangular legs, footrest & top with beautiful rounded edges, a mitre-bordered top with inlaid centre above a recessed waist with pronounced joints, a very rare FOUR-sided exquisitely carved ornate open frieze apron, an exceptionally rare stunning footrest of geometric lattice Wanzi fretwork & lovely horse-shoe feet. Each side matches the opposite, with the two longer aprons featuring wonderful scrolled geometric spandrels to the corners, which are joined via a rope-scrolled carved centre-apron that supports a central geometric motif with wonderful ornate carved peaches with foliage (symbolising immortality & youthfulness) to either side. Both ends have similarly scrolled aprons that support a peach carving. The six peach carved motifs & the two central geometric carvings sit securely between the aprons & have slight movement, showing they must have been inserted before the tabletop was attached. The lattice footrest is extremely rare & a wonderful example of Wanzi fretwork carving. Overall, this is a superb & astonishingly rare piece that would be a knockout in any setting. A similar but less ornate one sold at auction for almost 70,000, so grab this beautiful bargain while you can. CONDITION This is in very-good-to-excellent condition. Structurally sound, there are minor bumps & marks, as you'd expect with a piece of its age, & signs of historical restoration upon close inspection, including a section of the top & the top of one leg which have been inlaid & there are areas of what appear to be a kind of filler to keep the surface smooth. But none of this detracts from the beauty of this astonishing & rare antique piece; overall it's in really lovely condition & if well looked after should last for
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