An antique Japanese scholar's or personal table, Meiji period, 19th to early 20th century, the low rectangular table finely inlaid with a mother-of-pearl aquatic scene with ducks and lotus, figural spandrels with dragon, phoenix, qilin and tortoise, and bordered with flowers and patterns, the pierced and scroll carved apron with marble medallions and raised on cabriole legs, height 24.5 cm, length 72 cm, width 43 cm