One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables

Accession Number
2005/1.466.4

Title
One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables

Artist(s)
Thai

Object Creation Date
19th century

Medium & Support
gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors

Dimensions
36 7/16 in. x 20 1/4 in. x 10 1/16 in. ( 92.5 cm x 51.5 cm x 25.5 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection

Subject matter
One of ten-piece wooden altar table set.

Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.

Primary Object Classification
Wood and Woodcarving

Primary Object Type
furniture

Additional Object Classification(s)
Ritual Object

Rights
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Keywords
tables (support furniture)

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Web Use Permitted

On display

UMMA Gallery Location ➜ FFW, 2nd floor ➜ 217 (Gallery of South, Southeast and Central Asian Art)