Carved Kang low table \u2013 China, 20th century<\/p>\n
An elegant Kang low table in solid wood patinated by time, once meant to sit on the kang, the traditional heated platform of houses in northern China. Its openwork apron is finely carved with geometric and symbolic motifs, bearing witness to the craftsmanship of Chinese artisans at the end of the Qing dynasty.<\/p>\n
Its low, balanced silhouette, carried on four curved legs, gives it a discreet yet refined presence. The deep brown patina, worn at the edges by decades of use, reveals all the nobility of the wood and the authenticity of the piece.<\/p>\n
Today this table finds its place naturally as a coffee table, sculpture stand, display for a work of art, or even a small meditation console. It brings to a contemporary interior that timeless elegance proper to Chinese scholar\u2019s furniture.<\/p>\n
A rare piece where every mark of time tells a story \u2014 between tradition, serenity and the Asian art of living.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Table basse Kang sculpt\u00e9e \u2013 Chine, XXe si\u00e8cle \u00c9l\u00e9gante table basse Kang en bois massif patin\u00e9 par le temps, autrefois destin\u00e9e \u00e0 \u00eatre pos\u00e9e sur le kang, la traditionnelle plateforme chauffante des demeures du nord de la Chine. Son tablier ajour\u00e9 est finement sculpt\u00e9 de motifs g\u00e9om\u00e9triques et symboliques, t\u00e9moignant du savoir-faire des artisans chinois […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[18],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-46","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-tables","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galerie55-biron.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}