Chinese Megalithic Altar Table (3 Pieces)

Three stones, no visible joinery, and no argument.

This megalithic altar table in three pieces is stone, from Hebei Province, China, of indeterminate age. Stone has served for altars and offering tables in China for a very long time, and a slab of this length says plainly that nobody was thinking about moving it. A long, thick top rests on two upright blocks. Diagonal tool marks run across the blocks and along the front edge. The surface is pale, with patches of rust and buff, and the top edge is slightly uneven. Eighty-five inches long, 13.75 deep and 32 high.

Gravity handles the assembly.