A CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER KANG TABLE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY | 明十七世紀 剔彩睢陽五老圖坑桌

A CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER KANG TABLE

MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

明十七世紀 剔彩睢陽五老圖坑桌

carved to the flat top with scholars and their attendants engaged in various pursuits along the rocky bands of a river, set amidst a mountain landscape of gnarled pine trees, pavilions and a central pagoda, all against a ground of cresting waves, the apron adorned with large blossoms borne of leafy steams reserved on a diaper ground

Width 54.5 cm, 21½ in.