Kang Table Tixi

A Chinese Tixi剔犀 (GURI 屈輪 ) Lacquered Kang Table.

The rectangular top carved with traditional deep V channels to reveal alternating black and red lacquer layers. A classic design of sword pommel heads, the borders with scrolling. All above a narrow waist and short legs.
The underside coated in black lacquer with a Xuande Nian Zhi period mark.
Late Qing Dynasty to Early Republic Period.

Similar Kang tables of same /similar size, with same / similar designs have been sold at auction by Sotheby's, Christies, Bonham's, ranging in price from A$8,000 to $15,000 each.

Formerly the property of a Japanese Collector.

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

Measurements about
Length about : 71.0 cm
Height about : 26.5 cm
Width about : 38.0 cm
A$7,500

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.