A rare and captivating carved ebony centre table, the base formed as a tortoise supporting four Foo Dogs from the mouth of each comes a stylised foliate branch rising to hold the circular Verde Marinace marble top.

Given the combination of these traditional and narrative elements, present in the mythology of both Ceylon and Burma since the 4th century and more particularly to the West in the later days of the Empire of The Great Moghal (1526 – 1857), we date this table to the early part of the 19th century prior to the Empire’s demise and give it Myanmar-Sri Lankan provenance. 

Height: 27¼ inch (69.5 cm)
Diameter: 30½ inch (77.5 cm)

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