An Ottoman tortoiseshell, ivory and mother-of-pearl inlaid table, Turkey, 18th century

of decagonal form standing on ten legs with high cusped arches bordered with ivory, each side panel with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl checkerboard design, the top with a central roundel inside which two mother-of-pearl flowers on a bright tortoiseshell ground, surrounded by interlocking six-pointed stars separated by tortoiseshell, the raised border comprising bands of ivory and ebony and alternating tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl triangles

Some repair, minor scuffing to ivory on the lower portion, overall in good condtition, as viewed.
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