Antique Chinese Temple Table Desk Antique chairs were often decorated

Antique chairs were often decorated with carvings of good luck symbols or animals

The old red lacquer has a crackled

with the larger ones were being referred to as hundred eye chests (or 'bei yau chu' in Chinese)

stylish looking table has three useful drawers

These lovely hurricane lanterns come in two sizes

Antique Chinese Temple Table Desk Antique chairs were often decoratedQinghai, circa 1860 This old, square shaped table is from a temple in Qinghai province. It is still in its original form, with doors and drawers at each end and the old paintings of flowers on the front. The colours are typical of this style of table a lovely palette of now muted red, green, blue and cream.