M4043

A Chinese yumu (elmwood) formal side table, the wood with well-defined grain, both sides with stylised ruyi-head scroll frieze, the edges of the legs beaded, with two square cross stretchers at each end.

84. 7 cm high, 189.8 cm long, 49 cm deep.

Circa 1820-1880.

A Chinese large altar table of nan-mu (elm wood), with single plank top of long rectangular form, with upright scroll ends, the front and back with openwork frieze, each side with four dragons, the four legs joined at the base by rectangular plinths enclosing an openwork panel of stylised scrolls.

244 cm long, 90.2 cm high, 36.5 cm deep.

circa 1860.

A pair of Chinese ju-mu (elmwood) armchairs, each with a rectangular panelled back, one panel carved with an openwork medallion of a kylin below an openwork leaf, traces of original lacquer.

104.5 cm high x 56.2 cm wide x 43.7 cm deep.

Suzhou Province, 1850-1880.