Ming Style Elm Altar Table From Shanxi - Late 18thC Gifts and originates from eastern India

and originates from eastern India

The body is constructed from cryptomeria (Japanese cedar)

A bronze 19th Century Horse ridden by Khandoba

aged painted finish

Features: Mihrab arch form

Ming Style Elm Altar Table From Shanxi - Late 18thC Gifts and originates from eastern IndiaMade in the late 18th century in the classic Chinese Ming dynasty style (1368 1644) , this elm altar table is from Shanxi Province and is narrow enough to be used as beautiful hallway table. 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. Woods used are elm, red elm, walnut & more rarely cypress & pear