Sotheby's, Sales N10336, Important Chinese Art, on Sep 23rd 2020, LOT726

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER LOW TABLE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY
明十六 / 十七世紀 褐漆嵌螺鈿文會圖炕几
the top panel of shaped and cusped rectangular outline, over a recessed waist pierced with oblong panels and an everted barbed apron, all raised on four slightly recessed out curving scroll feet, the top with beaded edge and inlaid in iridescent mother-of-pearl with a scene of a scholarly gathering within an elegant garden pavilion, enclosed within a diaper border reserving shaped panels of birds and flowers, the apron reserved with further scenes of scholars on a diaper ground, all on a dark brown lacquer ground

Width 24? in., 62 cm

CONDITION:
The table with numerous scattered small losses to the inlaid decoration and lacquer. There is flaking, restoration and consolidation to the surface, particularly at the edges and feet. There is wear overall and the surface is a bit matte.
嵌螺鈿紋飾及褐漆有小失。表面（尤其是足邊緣）有漆剝落、修復及加固。表面有使用痕跡且稍顯霧面?

The table with numerous scattered small losses to the inlaid decoration and lacquer. There is flaking, restoration and consolidation to the surface, particularly at the edges and feet. There is wear overall and the surface is a bit matte.
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Over all in VERY GOOD condition, with normal anomalies in nature, natural wood imperfection, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dent; Normal consider ages and wears.
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