A CHINESE BLACK LACQUER RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE, KANG

MING DYNASTY

Inlaid with mother of pearl, the top depicting scholars and an attendant in a fenced garden, two drinking tea beneath a pine tree, another with a deer, a crane in flight above them, the shaped apron with kylins, phoenix and Mandarin ducks reserved on cell diaper grounds, all raised on short scrolling feet, 18.5cm x 42cm x 65.5cm.

Cf. Spink & Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China IV, p.16, no.6 for a related table.