Kang Table Dragon Masterpiece

A MAGNIFICENT OUTSTANDING RARE ANTIQUE TIXI 剔犀 LACQUER KANG TABLE.

The table of square form, carved obliquely through the red and black layers .
Centred with a large roundel carved with a superb Five Clawed Dragon in the style of the Imperial Court, the sacred pearl, set against a background of swirling cloud formations.
The circular outer border of stylised ruyi heads and florettes, contained within a large square border, that is in turn bordered by guri heads.
The outer side edges of the table of keylock design, the waist of interlocking scrolling, continuous through to the Manchu style legs.

The underside lacquered black, bearing an " Apocryphal" gold incised Yongle Seal Mark.(1403 to 1424) .

Late Qing Dynasty Early Republic Period

Yongle was the Third Emperor in the Ming Dynasty, a period that was renowned for its production of Luxury Arts, Sculpture, Paintings and was the foundation for the development of arts in the Ming Dynasty.
Many artworks produced in later periods often bear period marks of earlier periods this was considered "Honorific".
This was especially common in the Qing Period.

Condition: Excellent some rubbing commensurate with age, no damage.

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Measurements about:
Length about : 87.0 cm
Width about : 87.0 cm
Height about : 38.0 cm
A$ 25,000

REFERENCE:
The design of this Tixi Imperial style Five Claw Dragon appears to be extremely rare.
Can find NO record of a similar table being sold at the major auction houses: Sotheyby's , Christie's, Bonhams. nor in any of the books on Tixi lacquer of a similar table design table.

The majority of Tixi kang tables that I have seen appear to be all carved with Ruyi head or Pommel head Guri style.

The style of carving into thick lacquer is first seen in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 to 1279), following the development of techniques for making very thick lacquer. There is some evidence from literary sources that it had existed in the late Tang. The style of decoration used is known as guri (屈輪) in Japanese. This style uses a family of repeated two-branched scrolling shapes cut with a rounded profile at the surface, but below that a "V" section through layers of lacquer in different colours such as black and red, sometimes yellow, giving a "marbled" effect from the contrasted colours; this technique is called tìxī (剔犀) in Chinese.
This style continued to be used up to the Ming dynasty.