Monumental Qing Dynasty Altar Table

This long and graceful Chinese altar table features an oxblood patina that has darkened with age. Oxblood is one of the three traditional Chinese lacquers, including red and black, both of which are fully opaque. Oxblood is semi-translucent and shows the beautiful wood grain below. The lacquer is made from actual animal blood dissolved into tree sap...

This long, elegant altar table once provided a place to burn incense or display valuable art objects. It may have been used in the reception hall of a private mansion or in an ancestral shrine...

This slim and elegant table was once used to serve wine during festival days and to display objects of beauty and value. It has a floating panel top, a narrow waist and graceful Tang...

This Mid-Century coffee table is from Denmark and made from teak wood. Teak wood is a very strong wood which also repels insects making it ideal ...

Supported by three thin hairpin legs, this handsome walnut slab maintains its organic beauty as seen in the cracked and knotted surface and natural undula...

This "space age" console table is a playful and dramatic addition to any entry hall or dining room. The base is made from solid oak legs in a scalloped and arched form and connected ...

A large elm-wood altar or console table with everted flanges or 'qiaotou' (commonly called "birds wings"), supported on recessed trestle legs with multiple carved, stylized ruyi in s...

19th Century Chinese Low Scroll Altar Table of the Qing Dynasty. A Low Chinese Kang Table with Cabriole Legs. A wonderful Antique table of solid wood as a scroll Altar table console. Used as a low console to present items of specail nature. This is a wonderful example following with solid cabriole one piece legs having a waterfall ends. Highly collectible small low Kang table of the Qing Dynasty in very good original condition. Kang tables played an important role in northern Chinese society. Smaller low Kang tables such as this one where typically placed on canopy beds, daybeds and couch-beds, to hold and display books, vases of flowers, incense burners and other objects. Also used on top of larger altar tables...

Chinese hardwood , altar table, late Qing dynasty, circa 1900. Faded evenly to a warm honey color and having a good medium scale. Would be great as a sofa table, console or server. T...

Elegant and chicly minimalist Chinese altar table, with upturned pagoda-style tabletop ends, and legs with a cut-out design. The wood has acquired a lovely, rich patina.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with everted flanges, carved cloud motifs and orange, red and brown lacquer. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period in the 19th century, this altar table attracts our attention with its elegant lines and warm reddish orange and brown lacquer. The table features a rectangular planked top flanked with everted flanges, sitting above an elegant apron. This apron is adorned with carved cloudy scrolls, an auspicious motif in China. The ensemble is raised on four traditional splaying legs with reeded accentuation. The sides will reveal nicely carved stretchers with pierced motifs, connecting the legs to one another. The back showcases a carved apron, with a much more simple design and sans the clouds. With its graceful lines, skillfully carved décor and red, orange and brown patina, this Chinese Qing Dynasty altar...

Chinese Export Altar Table, old pine in an antiqued stain. This influential design has been popular throughout centuries. Simple lines and a...