Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Buffalo Horn This charming brass fish is

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Chinese 3 Drawer Pear Wood Altar Table From Shanxi - 19thC Material - Buffalo Horn This charming brass fish isAn unusual Chinese altar table with 3 drawers made from pear wood and dating from the 19th century. It is made in the Ming Style and comes from Shanxi Province. A very useful piece of furniture for hallways. Altar tables were used for ancestor worship in China. Usually a family ancestor portrait would be hung above the table & joss sticks lit & placed on the table for the well being of the household. They were always long & narrow in form a