Kang Table Tixi

A MAGNIFICENT RARE, QING DYNASTY. 1644 to 1911 TIXI 剔犀 (GURI 屈輪 ) LACQUER KANG TABLE IN SUPERB CONDITION.

The rectangular top carved obliquely to reveal alternating black and red lacquer layers. A central medallion panel of joined sword pommel heads, encircled within another border, as they extend outwards in continuous stylised flowing form.
All set within an outer border of sword pommel heads.
The design repeated on the apron through to the legs. The underside coated in black lacquer.
The design on this Tixi Lacquer Kang table appears to be Unique, quite possibly, a one of a kind, from two viewpoints.

The actual shape of the table and more importantly, the actual design.
Every Tixi Lacquer table I have seen the design is of " Repetitive Sword Pommel Head Form", unlike this magnificent Kang where the design flows outwards from a central medallion.
The shape of this Tixi table is completely different to those seen on the net, and those sold at auction by Sotheby's, Christies, Bonhams.
Virtually of the tables auctioned were low standing in height.

Formerly the property of a Japanese Collector.

Condition: Some small rubbing commensurate with age, no damage, excellent condition
Colours may vary slightly to actual, depending on your Monitor, Phone etc.

Measurements about
Length about : 81.0 cm
Height about : 33.0 cm
Width about : 40.0 cm
A$12,000

I have seen only one other example, found on a Chinese search engine, auctioned in China in Jan 2018 where the actual table was of a similar shape, approximately the same height, the design was of the common " Repetitive Sword Pommel Head Form", not like the design on this table.
The final auction result was not shown, only the starting bid price.
A carved Tixi lacquer Kang table sold by Bonhams Fine Chinese Ceramics , Works of Art and Painting 26 Nov 2007 lot 29 for HK $84,000 (A$14,800).

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) from the Japanese word for the ring-pommel of a sword, where the same motifs were used in metal, and is often called the "Sword-Pommel pattern" in English. 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.