A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER SMALL TABLE
Lot 1145 THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER SMALL TABLE

POSSIBLY KOREA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Closed21 March 2019

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER SMALL TABLE
POSSIBLY KOREA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall in black lacquer inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a central roundel of three phoenixes in flight amid clouds around a central flower motif, within a diaper border surrounded by four further long-tailed birds and leafy flower scroll, all within an outer border of diaper pattern, the legs and openwork apron also decorated with flower scroll and diaper pattern
4 ¾ in. (12.2 cm.) high, 21 ½ in. (54.3 cm.) wide, 12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) deep, Japanese wood box

The Irving Collection, no. 3838.