Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Camphor Wood which is broken once cooled

which is broken once cooled

Please note that the legs of all these benches are splayed

These doors are saved from buildings in India which have fallen into a state of disrepair and are no longer in a repairable state

Supplied with strong wall brackets

combining sacred imagery with handwritten astrological script to represent elements of Hindu cosmology and personal destiny

Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Camphor Wood which is broken once cooledAn unusual Chinese altar table with 3 drawers made from pear wood and dating from the 19th century. It is made in the Ming Style and comes from Shanxi Province. A very useful piece of furniture for hallways. 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. They were always long & narrow in form a