A c.1890 Chinese Marble Topped & Gilded Hardwood Occasional TableOrigin: Chinese Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 24 inches Diameter: 17. 25 inches The hardwood occasional table having a gadroooned inset marble top and pierced carved frieze of lotus blossom flowers, the legs with dragon masks and joined by stretchers standing on ball and claw feet, the whole later gilded, survives from late nineteenth century China. The condition of the table cosmetically tired but