A Chinese Export Parcel-Gilt Black Lacquer Tea Table, Mid-18th Century. Photo Sotheby's
Decorated in tones of gold on a black ground, the rectangular top with circular flowerheads or mons, and with a carved giltwood pierced gallery above a decorated molded edge, above a conforming molded pierced frame, decorated with foliate scrolls, the apron pierced and with a scrolled pendant at the center, on turned cabriole legs with claw-and-ball toes similarly decorated. Height 30 1/4 in.; width 30 3/4 in.; depth 19 in. 76.8 cm; 78.1 cm; 48.3 cm - Estimate 5,000-7,000 USD
Sotheby's. Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor. New York | 24 sept. 2012 www.sothebys.com