Ming Altar Table
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Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Wicker, Wood
Extremely Rare Late Ming Dynasty Elm and Burl Altar Table
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and graceful cabriole legged, high waisted altar table with scrolling apron, set upon a
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
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Burl, Elm, Lacquer
Chinese Elm Altar Large Console Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Chinese console table with hand carved spandrels on both side of the table.
A long elmwood altar
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
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Elm
18th Century Ming Style Altar Table
Located in San Marino, CA
A 17th-18th century Ming-style small altar table. Elmwood with scroll ends from Shanshi.
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
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Elm
Chinese Antique Carved and Painted Altar Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A notable late 19th century carved wood altar table in old red and black paint now worn to a nice
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique Chinese Altar Or Console Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Asian table with aged raised graining which adds texture to the Rustic presentation
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Antique 19th Century Asian Ming Console Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Ming Style Altar Table
Located in San Marino, CA
A 19th century Chinese Ming-style altar table made of elm. From Hebei.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
18th Century Chinese Walnut Altar Table
Located in San Marino, CA
Walnut double-faced Ming style classic altar table from Shanshi. Circa 18th century.
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Console Tables
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Walnut
Green and Ochre Glazed Altar Table with Offerings, Ming Dynasty, 15~16th Century
Located in seoul, KR
Period. A unique terracotta funeral table from the Chinese Ming Dynasty, dating to the 15th or 16th
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Ming Antiquities
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Pottery
H 7.88 in Dm 11.82 in
Large and Narrow Chinese Altar Console, 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Large and narrow Chinese altar console, 20th century
Scrolling and geometrical motifs
Nicely
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20th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Red Lacquer Altar Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Red lacquer altar table with everted flangers.
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Wood
Timeworn Chinese Altar Style Low Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Vintage distressed Cocktail Table in Altar form. With a stripped top and traditional form legs
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Wood
An Exceptional French Polished Rosewood Altar Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Rosewood Altar Table with a particularly elegant and strong traditional form with upswept ends
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20th Century Asian Ming Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Carved Elmwood Northern Chinese Altar Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved elmwood Northern China altar table featuring fine form and intricately carved apron with
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Elm
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Mahogany Ming Chinese Altar Table
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A mahogany Ming Chinese altar table with sides carved with scrolls and dragons, and legs in the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Exceptionally rare example of a true Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) altar table. Top is one piece.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Console Tables
Peach Wood Altar Table
Located in Washington, DC
Small ming style scroll top altar table crafted from mellow peach wood with traditional mortice and
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Early 19th Century Chinese Elm Lacquered Altar Table
Located in CILAVEGNA, IT
This early 19th century lacquered altar table is fully decoded with famous Chinese motifs: dragons
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Pottery Table
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Ming Dynasty miniature altar table with six offerings, including vase, candle holder, food
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Ming Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A Ming Dynasty ironwood flanked altar table with sides carved with a grouping of lingzhi
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Console Tables
Chinese Ming Period Altar Table
Located in San Marino, CA
A one of a kind altar table, traces of wood visible through the original black lacquer, solid 2
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Ming Style Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
A Ming style altar table or console with everted flanges and carved leg panels. Elm wood. 18th
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Console Tables
Ming Dynasty Ironwood Lingzhi Motif Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
Ironwood altar with carved Lingzhi ("herb of spiritual potency") side panels. Legs taper slightly
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Tables
Jim Rose Ming Steel Petite Altar Table
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Created exclusively for PAGODA RED, the Ming Steel Collection by artist Jim Rose forges a
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21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Console Tables
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Jinlong Chinese chinoiserie Lacquered Ming Altar Console Hall Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Jinlong Ming style altar console table featuring reticulated accents with a floral rose
Category
Mid-20th Century Ming Console Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
H 33 in W 56 in D 18.5 in
Ming Period Altar Table, 16th to 18th Century
Located in San Marino, CA
A fine Chinese altar table, believed to be Ming or close to Qing period, having a solid, one-piece
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Elmwood Altar Console Table with Simple Design
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty style elmwood altar console table from the 19th century with simple design
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Elm
H 32.5 in W 83.5 in D 23 in
Ming Dynasty Style Vintage Elmwood Altar Console Table with Humpbacked Stretcher
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese Ming Dynasty style elmwood altar console table from the mid-20th century, with
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
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Elm
H 30.5 in W 37 in D 19.5 in
19th Century Chinese Ming-Inspired Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 19th century Chinese walnut altar with Ming-inspired form including simple spandrels and
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Ming Style Altar Table with Everted Flanges, Meander Apron and Cloud Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty style altar console table with meander-carved apron, everted flanges and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Wood
H 37.5 in W 87 in D 16.5 in
Antique Carved Chinese Rosewood Altar Console Table Ming Chinoiserie Sofa Hall
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chinese console table made of rosewood featuring intricate carved reticulated floral and
Category
Early 20th Century Ming Console Tables
Materials
Rosewood
H 31 in W 14 in D 61.5 in
Chinese Ming Style Altar Console Table with Bird-Carved Spandrels and Fretwork
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty style altar console table with carved spandrels and fretwork design
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Wood
H 34 in W 94.5 in D 15 in
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Black Lacquered Altar Console Table with Red Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty style black lacquered altar console table from the early 20th century, with
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Wood
H 31 in W 59 in L 31 in
19th Century Chinese Elegant Altar Table with Ming Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
An Altar table from Northern China with beautifully carved legs. This Walnut table is from c. 1850
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Sofa Tables
Materials
Walnut
Low 19th Century Ming Style Altar Console Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant low Chinese ming style altar console table crafted in peach wood.
Features a narrow
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Ming Dynasty Chinese Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Ming Dynasty altar table is made of the highly prized ironwood that was so popular during the 17th and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Tables
Ming Stone Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A Ming stone altar table with scalloped apron and legs ending in scrolled feet.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Rosewood Altar Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with framed border and simple frieze, circular legs headed by Ruyi form carving.
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese Ming inspired elmwood altar table with simple spandrels, double "incense
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Elm Altar Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
All original table with simplistic beauty. Two wide planks on top, simple curved stretchers and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Serving Tables
Materials
Elm
Mahogany Ming Chinese Altar Table, Early 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A mahogany Ming Chinese altar table with sides carved and decorative carvings on legs, Early 20th
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Peachwood Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Ming Dynasty style peachwood altar table from Suzhou China with slightly tapered legs.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tables
Ming Inspired Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Ming inspired Chinese catalpa wood altar table with solid plank top and simple
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Serving Tables
19th Century Chinese Small Altar Table
Located in San Marino, CA
Ming style small Chinese altar table from the 19th century.
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Antique 19th Century Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th Century Chinese elmwood altar table with Ming inspired form, and incense stick carved legs
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese lacquered walnut Ming-style altar table with simple stretchers and horsehoof
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese walnut altar table of Ming-inspired proportions with simple spandrels and
Category
Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Monumental Red Lacquer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A monumental 19th century Chinese Ming inspired red lacquered altar table with simple stretchers
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Antique 19th Century Serving Tables
Materials
Elm
Ming Style Altar Console
Located in New York, NY
A Ming style altar table with everted ends, in cypress wood, early 19th Century, from Suzchou.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Mid-19th Century Long Chinese Lacquered Elm Altar Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a long Chinese mid-19th century altar table in brown lacquered solid elmwood. The table has
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Simple Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Ming-inspired provincial Chinese walnut altar table with simple stretchers and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Hoof-Foot Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese walnut altar table with Ming-inspired proportions and legs ending in horse
Category
Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Cloud Spandrel Altar Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century Chinese altar table expresses Ming-dynasty tastes with clean lines and a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Pine
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Elmwood Low Altar Table with Carved Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty style elmwood low altar table with carved spandrels and humpbacked side
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Benches
Materials
Elm
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style 19th Century Altar Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Chinese Ming dynasty style altar table from the 19th century, with horsehoof feet. Created in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Early 17th Century Stone Tabletop Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
A circa 1600 limestone tabletop altar with a scrolled top and turned in legs from Jincheng in
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Pedestals
Materials
Limestone
Late 18th Century Chinese Ming Style Alter Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant Chinese Ming style altar table made in walnut. Freestanding with same carved details on
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Ming Style Red Lacquered Low Tea or Altar Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
19th century Chinese Ming style red lacquered low tea table.
A finely crafted, petite elm table
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Lacquer
Materials
Brass
H 11.25 in W 22.75 in D 17.25 in
Chinese Altar Table in the Ming Manner, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
revered ancestors. The elegant table is inspired by older, Classic Ming dynasty designs highly prized by
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Cypress
19th Century Chinese Ming Form Flanked Top Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Excellent example of a Ming form flanked top altar from Shanxi Province. Solid Northern Elm carved
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Sideboards
Materials
Elm
18th Century Chinese Poplar Altar Table
Located in San Marino, CA
18th century Chinese figured poplar altar table with splayed elm legs from Shanshi.
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Poplar
Early 19th Century Chinese Ming-Form Altar Table in Elm Wood, Jiangsu Province
Located in Miami, FL
A long altar table in elm wood with recessed top, with inverted ends, on box trestle base with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
H 37.75 in W 97 in D 18 in
17th Century Chinese Square Corner Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries of use have given this 17th century altar table a beautifully worn patina that calls to
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Elm
18th Ctr. Alter Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Early 18th century altar table in Ming style.
Made of peach wood. Legs and wings with thick black
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Ming Side Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Large 19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very simple lines on this Chinese red lacquer Ming style altar table, it will work very well for a
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th C. Chinese Carved Lacquer and Gilt Altar and Dislay Table
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This petite Chinese intricately carved lacquer and gilt altar or praying table dates back to the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Brass
18th Century Small Chinese Altar Table from Hebei
Located in San Marino, CA
A small 18th century Ming-style altar table from Hebei of elm and pine. Rustic, overall patina
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Vintage Chinese Fretwork Altar Console Table in Rosewood, circa 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
Chinese Ming style fretwork altar table in elaborately carved rosewood, circa 1960s.
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Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Chinese Altar Coffer with Dragon Spandrels
Located in Chicago, IL
altar table also showcases the Qing-dynasty penchant for elaborate carving and figured open work. A
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Ming Dynasty Style Altar Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ming Dynasty style black lacquer altar table.
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20th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Ming Dynasty Style Chinese Altar Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very handsome black painted oriental altar table with three drawers in the style of Ming Dynasty.
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20th Century Console Tables
Jim Rose Ming Steel Altar Table
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Created exclusively for Pagoda Red, the Ming Steel Collection by artist Jim Rose forges a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Console Tables
Materials
Steel
Jim Rose Ming Steel Petite Altar Table
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Created exclusively for Pagoda Red, the Ming Steel Collection by artist Jim Rose forges a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Console Tables
Materials
Steel
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Elm Altar Console Table with Scrolled Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese Ming Dynasty style long elmwood altar console table from the early 20th century
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables
Materials
Wood
H 35 in W 84.5 in D 14.5 in
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Ming Altar Table For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic ming altar table available at 1stDibs. Each ming altar table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and elm. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer ming altar table, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A ming altar table is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Ming Altar Table?
The average selling price for a ming altar table at 1stDibs is $5,080, while they’re typically $1,200 on the low end and $48,000 for the highest priced.
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