Chinese Wood Bench / Table

Lengthy pale kang-style low table, flat and sun-bleached with small curling legs.

This bench / table is from Gansu Province Border, Shanxi / Gansu Province Border, Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 18th century. It is pine wood. Many Chinese antiques are now returning to China through auction houses and foreign dealers, as Chinese buyers actively purchase older pieces back, which the article describes as reclaiming their heritage. Low, long platform with a flat top in faded, scuffed wood with dark spots. Short legs with curved profiles at both ends carry it. The edges are slightly rolled and the surface is rough. It is 85 inches long, 23.25 deep and 18 high.

Low to the ground and in no hurry.