Antique Set 3 Chinese Export Gilded Lacquer Dragon Feet Nest of Tables 1890 Sculpture This event followed the confiscation

This event followed the confiscation of more than one thousand of his works from German museums during the Nazi purge of "degenerate" art

from a large Chinese collection of porcelain

An exceptionally rare antique German Renaissance carving by Stephan Rottaler (1581-1533)

the chest is raised on stile feet

76 cm X 28 cm

Antique Set 3 Chinese Export Gilded Lacquer Dragon Feet Nest of Tables 1890 Sculpture This event followed the confiscationA fine set of three japanned & gilt Chinese export tables, circa 1890. The table are japanned in black lacquer and hand decorated with gilt designs. The lead table is painted with a cental cartouche with a dragon and pheonix, surrounded with butterflies and foral designs, the second table with similar floral decoration with a cat and the last table with a bird. The table with 'lyre' shaped ends also with floral gilded decoration, each table