Chinese Walnut Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC

This elegant Chinese altar table constructed in the classical Ming style with round legs, scroll ends and simple spandrels supporting the legs. It is ideal for use as a console table in a narrow hallway or as a lamp table behind a sofa.
Altar tables were used for ancestor worship in China. Usually a family ancestor portrait would be hung above the table & joss sticks lit & placed on the table for the well being of the household.
They were always long & narrow in form - a configuration seldom found in antique European furniture.
The top is a single piece of thick walnut wood & the legs are made from Chinese red elm.
Our pieces are mostly 19th century & early 20th century.

From China
210 x 35 x 88 (wxdxh cms)

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