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
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