Table with Flowering Sprays, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 16th–early 17th century, China, Black lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm); W. 79 1/2 in. (201.9 cm); D. 33 3/4 in. (85.7 cm), Furniture, In China, mother-of-pearl was being used as early as the twelfth century to decorate furniture, including beds, chests, and tables, as well as such smaller items as garden stools. These goods were important items in the global trade from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century
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Table, Flowering Sprays, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, late 16th–early 17th century, China, Black lacquer inlaid, mother, pearl, H, 33 1/2, 85.1 cm, W, 79, 201.9, D, 3/4, 85.7, Furniture, early, twelfth, decorate furniture, beds, chests, tables, well, smaller items, garden stools, goods, important global trade, sixteenth, eighteenth
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