Altar Table, Black Lacquer finish-matt This simple

This simple

Ideal as a TV stand

By the Ming dynasty a design had appeared with 'horse hoof' feet and a 'waisted' top that remained largely unchanged and extremely popular for several hundred years

Unlike in other Asian countries

Altar Table, Black Lacquer finish-matt This simpleOur black lacquer version is smaller than most original altar tables, making it more practical in a modern western home, but is in a classic design with wonderful carvings at the top of each leg. Chinese altar tables were actually used not just for holding offerings to ancestors, but also as more general surfaces to display flowers, vases or other prized possessions. The carvings show scrolling 'chi' dragons a common motif on furniture of the Qing