Ming-Style Antique Chinese Rectangular Kang Table

Description

Up for sale is a rare and elegant antique Chinese Ming-style low Kang table* (or Tatami table) from Shanxi Province, … more Up for sale is a rare and elegant antique Chinese Ming-style low Kang table* (or Tatami table) from Shanxi Province, Northern China, the solid top connected with dovetail jointed panel-legs ending with the scroll feet, the overall exterior covered transparent golden-honey finish, early to mid Qing Dynasty, 18th / early 19th century, Chinese walnut (Hetao mu, 核桃木), former private downtown Manhattan collection, in overall good condition with minor wear, a few fine cracks on feet, and possible restoration
54" x 21 1/4" x5 1/2" high

**Kang is a kind of heatable, brick-made sleeping beds which are household furniture in the countryside of Northern China, especially in old times. Kang tables are the small tables used on Kangs for dining, drinking tea or doing needlework, etc.
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