A rare zitan table, Qing dynasty, the rectangular top made of five boards supported by three braces on the underside, resting on a constricted waist and an apron pierced with angular spandrels on the corners of the squared-section legs terminating in scroll-hoof feet, finely carved overall in low relief, the side rails with a key-fret band, the waist pierced with interlocking rings above a swelling band detailed with cresting waves, all above the apron with stylised ruyi scrolls and studded with bosses extending along the outer surfaces of the legs, the wood of a dark brown colour, 68 cm (length) 32.2. Cm (width) 79.7 cmhigh