Chinese Art
A hongmu kang table together with a hongmu side-table
Late 19th/early 20th centuryThe low table with an all over ebonised finish and with rectangular top with inset 'floating' panel within a frame with moulded and stepped edges over a stepped apron carved in low relief with key-fret design and moulded edge continuing to the robust square-section supports and ending in cloud-scroll feet, 29cm high, 76.5cm wide, 41cm deep, the side table with rectangular top with 'floating' panel over an apron of carved and pierced entwined-scroll design on square section supports (supports reduced in height) with corner corbels, (two lacking).64cm high, 92cm wide, 45cm deep (2).