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Table, carved lacquer on wood.

Xuande reign period (1426-1435) of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the only surviving example in the world of a major piece of lacquer furnature from the "Orchard Factory" (the Imperial Laquer Workshop) set up in Beijing during the early Ming Dynasty. Decorated in dragons and phoenixes it was made to stand in an imperial palace.

Currently on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.


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