Lacquered Cypress Altar Table From Shanxi - 19th Century Style - Temple Jar allowing light to flow through

allowing light to flow through while providing generous storage and display space

This large box is decorated with stylistic two horses heads

Features: Traditional matka form

A teakwood temple collection box covered with brass sheet

Lacquered Cypress Altar Table From Shanxi - 19th Century Style - Temple Jar allowing light to flow throughThis classic antique Chinese altar table is constructed in the classic Ming style with elm scroll ends (everted flanges). This elegant altar table perfectly suits a corridor or living room. The top is a single piece of cypress wood (baimu), highly valued in China and has developed a wonderful patina over time. It was originally fully coated in burgundy lacquer however this has worn away on the tabletop. Altar tables were used for ancestor worship in