Chinese Hardwood Dragon Centre Table
China, Qing Dynasty
The rectangular two-panel top set within a wide frame, with a moulded and lotus petal-carved edge, the shaped apron below carved in relief with birds, rabbits, pomegranates, and flowers including a four-clawed full-faced dragon, all raised on four straight legs carved similarly with birds and foliage and with foliate motifs to the corners.
Height: 34 ¼” (87cm)
Width: 57 ½” (146cm)
Depth: 30” (76cm)
See Bonhams, London 8th November 2009 lot 292 for a table dated to the Qianlong/Jianqing period with similarly carved full face dragons,
