Chinese Lacquer Altar Tables

Table top with wings console tables with wings are often called altar tables.

Black lacquer altar table / console table with everted flanges, elegant detail

A Chinese red and black lacquer altar table.

19th century Q'ing dynasty red lacquered three-drawer Altar coffer.

This early 19th century lacquered altar table is fully decoded with famous Chinese motifs: dragons, seem to swim in a sea of colorful clouds, symbolizing never-ending fortune.

The altar table with everted flanges covered in rich black lacquer, the lacquer on the top worn out, exposing the beautiful grain, the top above cusped curvilinear foliage aprons car...

Black lacquer altar table from Tianjin Province, China, 19th century.

Antique Chinese Altar table with original color. Imported directly from Beijing China. Hand carved center medallion and spandrels. Table height at ends, 35", height at center, 32...

Late 19th century Qing dynasty, golden painted scrolled top altar table.

Interesting 19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Altar Table with Nice Proportions.

A small mid-19th century wooden altar table with worn black lacquer finish, cloud spandrels at tops of legs, and decorative apron.

A Chinese lacquered altar table, 19th century, with a rectangular top raised on square legs and end cross-stretchers.

Fantastic Chinese green lacquered altar table featuring carved lotus blossom supports.

Chinese lacquered altar table, Shandong, Mid 19th Century with a rectangular top above a paneled front frieze raised on square legs with chamfered edges.

19th century Chinese Ming style red lacquered low tea table.

Elegant Chinese black lacquered console or sofa table made in the altar style with scrolled feet.

This red lacquer altar table has a solid plank top, everted ends, and cloud forming aprons adorning the solid panel legs. The surface lacquer is extremely old, dating to the 18th cen...

19th century Chinese red and green lacquered altar table with two small drawers, and one long drawer.

An attractive Chinese export black red and gold lacquer altar table, the top beautifully decorated overall with birds in a foliate setting, 20th century.

This is a stunning and rare 19th century Chinese Daqi Lacquer altar table. The table is of minimalist square corner form and dates to circa 1840-1860.

Marked by its grand proportions and restrained, Ming-dynasty style, this stately table was either an altar for ancestor worship or a painting table used for viewing painted scrolls o...

Fabulous console table in the form of a Chinese altar table. Five drawers with three over two configuration.

Asian Chinese (Possibly Vietnamese 19th Century) red lacquered and gilt carved console (alter) table with scroll top sides and 3 front panels with carved floral and bird design.

This beautiful altar table is made from elm wood and retains its original lacquer and patina.

A 19th century Chinese elmwood altar table with scrolling vine carved apron and a shelf. Pagoda Red Collection #: BJB090 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, ...

A black lacquer Chinese alter table with rectangular top having gilt and painted decoration overall. The top with apron and bracket shaped detail at ends. The table top has fine land...

Early 18th century Northern Chinese large scale altar table with original heavy black lacquer, square legs, horse hoof feet, and large braces.

An early 20th Century red lacquer Chinese altar table of Pi motif.

This is a long Chinese mid-19th century altar table in brown lacquered solid elmwood.

A 19th century Chinese black lacquer elmwood altar table with stretchers and Ming inspired horse hoof feet.

EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE 19TH CENTURY CONSOLE TABLE WITH DRAWERS RE-LACQUERED IN RED, NAM WOOD FUJIAN PROVENCE

An altar table from Northern China with a lovely lacquer patina.

Referred to as altar tables, these slender tables are also used as a domestic altars for familial ancestor worship, laden with incense, figures, and offerings.

A Chinese red lacquer wooden altar console table from the early 20th century, with overhang top and straight legs.

An exceptional early 20th century four drawer altar or console table from China. The front is embellished with incised and pierced carving and lacquer in shades of red, black blue an...

Altar table/console table, original red lacquer with natural age-related patina, highlighted by a clear lacquer surface finish. Front side with profiled legs. Table top with 'wings' ...

This long and graceful Chinese altar table features a rich oxblood patina.

19th century Chinese altar table. The wood was chosen specifically to showcase its natural golden color. Hand made and carved of Huangshan Yellow Pine from the mountains of Anhui Chi...

A 19th century Chinese black lacquered altar table with carved legs each depicting a ruyi.

A captivating 19th century Chinese elmwood altar table with two drawers, simple square tapered legs ending in horse-hoof feet, and with a well-worn sangre-de-boeuf lacquer.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elmwood altar console table from the 19th century, with red lacquer and carved apron.

This elegant altar table dates to the early-19th century and is ingeniously constructed of Chinese walnut wood using mortise-and-tenon joinery techniques. Used in a Qing-dynasty home...

This elegant Chinese altar table features a single-plank top of solid elmwood and large well-formed apron stretchers in the form of clouds. The finish is original and deep groves are...

Chinese Red Lacquered Carved Hardwood Altar Table, with floral and bird motif top. 30.5" H x 52" W x 16.5" D.

An altar table from Shanxi Province, China with a decorative stretcher on all sides made of cedar, circa 1700.     

Vintage Jinlong Ming style altar console table featuring reticulated accents with a floral rose bamboo and bird scene with black lacquered field and vibrant greens and reds. Made...

This long and graceful Chinese altar table features a rich oxblood patina.

A 19th century Chinese elmwood (yumu) black lacquer altar table with everted ends, and gently tapered legs.

A 19th century Chinese elmwood black lacquer altar table with elegant scrolling vine spandrels.

A Chinese Ming Dynasty style black lacquered altar console table from the early 20th century, with red accents.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period ornate red lacquered low altar table from the 19th century, with three drawers, gilt accents and scrolling motifs.

A classic Asian form, this altar table is finished in a glazed lacquer to resemble cerusing, or limed oak. Has similarities to McGuire altar tables of similar vintage.

A classic Asian form, this altar table/console is finished in a glazed lacquer to resemble cerusing, or limed oak. Has similarities to McGuire altar tables of similar vintage.

An early 19th century Chinese red lacquered altar with everted ends and scrolling lotus and vine carved apron.

A remarkable 19th century Cabriole Leg Chinese Altar table. Keywords: Table, Chinese Altar table, Chinese Console, Altar table,

This is a gorgeous and unusual early 19th century, Chinese Faux Bamboo altar table that was originally lacquered in a very deep brown.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elmwood cabinet from the 19th century with tapered silhouette and two drawers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty era, this elmwood noodle cabinet...

VERY RARE, MARVELOUS, ANTIQUE Chinese Hardwood carved Dragons table. From a private collector in Southern California, this gorgeous Chinese Antique Square Dining Table, also know as ...

A fine antique gilt-wood & black lacquer Chinese Export Qing dynasty table desk, circa 1850. The table top is finely hand-painted to the top with a gilded landscape scene, depicting ...

Size: 32in H x53in W x 18in D Drawer: 3 1/4in H x 10in W x 13in D Origin: Tibet Circa: 1950's Material: Wood Condition: Solid wood construction, very heavy and sturdy, hand pain...

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

Incredible example of Asian lacquer carving. Standing over seven feet tall, this monumental display shelf was produced in Japan at the end of the Edo period, late 19th century. It fe...

Chinoiserie hand painted 19th century Chinese export jewelry cabinet circa 1880; is fronted by a pair of raised panel double doors; decorated in gilt with scenes of Chinese figures, ...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period red lacquered small cabinet from the 19th century, with painted flowers and vase scene. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this small cabinet fea...

An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...

A Chinese red lacquered cabinet with gilt decoration from the late 19th century. This cabinet is a great size and is highly decorative and useful with a lot of hidden storage space.

Size: 96in H x 47in W x 21 3/4in D Door opening: top: 21 1/2in H x 42 1/2in W Lower cabinet: 43 1/2in H x 42 1/2in W Origin: China Circa: 1900 Material: Camphor wood Condition:...

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...