Red Elm Console Table From Shanxi - Late 19thC Origin - Congo The wooden pot is spun

The wooden pot is spun and a lac stick

Small: W12 x D12 x H29 cm

Carved from a single block of dense local hardwood

Bikaner which was constructed sometime between 1571 & 1668

They're framed by the shou symbol

Red Elm Console Table From Shanxi - Late 19thC Origin - Congo The wooden pot is spunThis antique Chinese console table comes from Shanxi province in Northern China and was made during the Qing dynasty (1644 to 1912). It is constructed from southern elm (jumu), also known as zelkova or red elm which has distinctly more intricate wood grain in comparison to northern Chinese elm. The brass hardware is a later replacement as the original would have been robbed during Mao's cultural revolution. As can be seen from the green table depicted