A rectangular cinnabar lacquer table, kangzhuo. Ming dynasty. Photo Bonhams

The top carved with a scene of a man kneeling before an official with his entourage in a pavilion amongst rockworks and watery landscape, all on four different types of finely worked diaper grounds within a leafy lotus blossom frieze, framed around the sides with a keyfret border, the four feet each terminating in a curved end, also decorated with leafy lotus blossoms, reinforced by L-shaped finials with diaper ground. 53.6cm long. Estimate: HK$250,000 - 350,000, US$ 32,000 - 45,000. Unsold

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Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 28 Nov 2011. Hong Kong www.bonhams.com