Lot 38
  • 38

A Chinese Export parcel-gilt black and red lacquer tripod table circa 1740

Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • lacquered wood
  • height 27 3/4 in.; diameter 33 1/4 in.
  • 70.5 cm; 84.5 cm

Provenance

Collection of Richard Milhender

Literature

Carl Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1991, p. 265, color plate 97

Condition

Overall good condition; the top with typical craquelure to lacquer with some minor inpainting; the base with similar craquelure and some small losses now in-painted; the top has minor warpage; the whole is sturdy with typical small chips and losses to the extremities mainly to edge of top and around feet.
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