晚明清初 黃花梨翹頭案 |Long Side Table

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17th–18th century · Wood (huanghuali or Dalbergia odorifera) · Asian Art

This table was probably used as an altar along with a complement of ritual vessels for performing the prescribed ancestral memorials. The slightly splayed end panels, reticulated with roundels of dragons, are set into shoe feet.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th–18th century

Medium

Wood (huanghuali or Dalbergia odorifera)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1976