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Gold-embedded color lacquer table with flower patterns

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Exhibition of the Tables of the Qing Dynasty (II)

Exhibition of the Tables of the Qing Dynasty (II)
Exhibition of the Tables of the Qing Dynasty (II)

Enamel-Embedded Drum Stool Made of Red Sandalwood

Enamel-Embedded Drum Stool Made of Red Sandalwood
Created in the Qing Dynasty, this enamel-embedded drum stool is made of red sandalwood. It is 52...

Exhibition of the Tables of the Qing Dynasty (I)

Exhibition of the Tables of the Qing Dynasty (I)
Exhibition of the Tables of the Qing Dynasty (I)

This table is 35.6cm in length, 14.7cm in width and 10.2cm in height.

Its whole body is painted with reddish yellow lacquer and decorated with gold-embedded colored patterns. The surface is depicted with magnolia flower, Chinese rose and dragonfly in red, white, green and black. Outline and venation of the patterns are profiled with fine gold-embedded scribing point. The table legs are decorated with patterns of grape, finger citron, walnut core, etc. Central part of its bottom side is engraved with gold-filled regular scripts, which read “made in Kangxi Period of the Qing Dynasty”.

It is in irregular shape of cloud, featuring smoothness, elegance and exquisiteness. The decorative patterns are mainly in the shape of flower, with the remaining ones as traditional auspicious ornamentation. It is ingeniously designed in terms of the shape, flower pattern, color, and so on. 

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