Antique Set 3 Chinese Export Gilded Lacquer Dragon Feet Nest of Tables 1890 Mid-Century Modern with the Roman god Mercury

with the Roman god Mercury standing aloft

155 cm X 105

Illustrated in:1

95 cm X 71 cm X 56

and was almost certainly a commission for a person of substance

Antique Set 3 Chinese Export Gilded Lacquer Dragon Feet Nest of Tables 1890 Mid-Century Modern with the Roman god MercuryA fine set of three japanned & gilt Chinese export tables, circa 1890. The table are japanned in black lacquer and hand decorated with gilt designs. The lead table is painted with a cental cartouche with a dragon and pheonix, surrounded with butterflies and foral designs, the second table with similar floral decoration with a cat and the last table with a bird. The table with 'lyre' shaped ends also with floral gilded decoration, each table