Chinese Console Table with Cusped Apron

This exquisite 19th-century wine table was crafted of walnut sourced from the forests of China’s Hebei province. The table charms with round legs, gently c...

This petite 19th century console table crafted in China's Shanxi province is the perfect example of Qing-dynasty ideals of scholarship and craftsmanship. Though its clean lines and r...

Altar tables with everted ends seen in Chinese paintings and prints are typically depicted in a grand context, and so it is thought that the upward-ending surface signifies status an...

This 18th century walnut table from southern China was carved to mimic round stalks of bamboo, with carefully articulated growth rings. Bamboo was a favored motif in late-Qing furniture, as it expressed humility for earlier construction methods and upheld Taoist values of naturalism. The stretchers are ingeniously designed with mortise and tenon joinery to meet the legs in such a way as to appear as to wrap around like a strip of bamboo. This console is an elegant and quietly ornate table...

Crossed stretcher bars and apron curves animate the square profile of this elmwood table. Made in Hebei province circa 1850, the beautifully preserved table was used for sharing wine and spirits...

This late 19th-century offering table from Beijing expresses Ming-dynasty tastes with clean lines and a simple silhouette. Minimally decorated, the table features straight legs, double stretchers, and spandrels carved in the form of an auspicious ruyi and outlined by a beaded edge. The table is crafted of northern elm (yumu) and darkened to a rich brown with traces of the original black lacquer finish. Originally used as a home altar...

A Chinese late Qing Dynasty period altar brown lacquered console table from the early 20th century with scrolling foliage-carved side panels, humpback stretchers, petite turned balus...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with carved apron and side stretchers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this altar console table fea...

An antique Chinese Qing Dynasty period light brown lacquer wine table from the 19th century, with carved apron and side stretchers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this win...

A Chinese Qing dynasty period large altar console table from the 19th century, with everted flanges and carved frieze. Born in China during the 19th centur...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with cloudy carved apron and scrolling feet. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this wooden console ta...

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...