4 Drawer Chinese Elm Altar Table - 19thC Material Cardboard 10% Silver Thread

10% Silver Thread

Carved from teak and known in Rajasthan as a Gangaur Figure

Double-sided carved arches are unusual to find

Materials: Elm wood with iron banding

66 x 7 x 81 (wxdxh cms)

4 Drawer Chinese Elm Altar Table - 19thC Material Cardboard 10% Silver ThreadThis provincial Chinese altar table is made in classic Ming style and dates from the 19th century. It is from Shanxi province in Northern China. It has four drawers and would be perfect in a hallway given its shallow depth. It is constructed from Northern elm (yumu). Altar tables were used for ancestor worship in China & Mongolia. Usually, a family ancestor portrait would be hung above the table & joss sticks lit & placed on the table for the well