A porcelain and mother of pearl inlaid hongmu table, 19th/20th century the circular top inset with six 'famille-rose' fan-shaped panels depicting dignitaries and attendants in garden settings around a central yellow-ground panel of figures and horses, all within mother of pearl floral borders above a pierced apron of birds among blossoming prunus inlaid in mother of pearl, and supported on six similarly decorated cabriole legs joined by concertina stretchers 86.5 cm high, 99 cm diameter. Provenance: From the collection of the late Mr. Cheong Fat Tze (1840 - 1916), The Blue Mansion, Penang, Malaysia, and thence by descent.