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A HONGMU SQUARE TEA TABLE OR STAND.
LATE QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1870.
A Hongmu square tea table or stand with a typical mitred, mortis and tenon frame with a slightly recessed panel with a raised bead to the inside edge of the frame. The outside edge of the frame curving down to a raised bead above the recessed waist. The apron, carved in high relief with a central, slightly flattened ruyi head flanked by scrolling tendrils is mitred at each corner and a little proud of the undecorated square leg. Tenoned into the side of each leg is a stretcher carved to simulate two highly stylised dragons, back to back, with a carved lingzhi fungus between the horizontal member of the stretcher and the underside of the apron. Joining the legs just above the foot are four stretchers joined by a ‘cracked ice’ design lattice.
Width 19.75” (50cm) Height 30” (76cm) depth 19.75” (50cm).
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