A CHINESE METAL AND SOAPSTONE-MOUNTED ENGRAVED SANG-DE-BOEUF LACQUER ALTAR TABLE
Lot 61 JULIANS PARK, HERTFORDSHIRE

A CHINESE METAL AND SOAPSTONE-MOUNTED ENGRAVED SANG-DE-BOEUF LACQUER ALTAR TABLE

QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD, CIRCA 1800

Closed8 June 2021

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A CHINESE METAL AND SOAPSTONE-MOUNTED ENGRAVED SANG-DE-BOEUF LACQUER ALTAR TABLE
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD, CIRCA 1800
Decorated overall with a stylised diaper pattern, the frieze mounted with pierced soapstone rings, losses to the lacquer
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high; 56 ¼ in. (143 cm.) wide; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

Acquired by Mrs Audrey Field (née James; later Mrs Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie) by 1938; photographed in the library at The Holme, by Cecil Beaton, circa 1937.