Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Camphor Wood Please note that the legs

Please note that the legs of all these benches are splayed

In the center of the panel is an incised kaleidoscope of geometric patters

which is broken once cooled

or as a foot stool

90 x 48 x 142 (wxdxh cms)

Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Camphor Wood Please note that the legsAn unusual Chinese altar table with 3 drawers made from pear wood and dating from the 19th century. It is made in the Ming Style and comes from Shanxi Province. A very useful piece of furniture for hallways. Altar tables were used for ancestor worship in China. Usually a family ancestor portrait would be hung above the table & joss sticks lit & placed on the table for the well being of the household. They were always long & narrow in form a