Antique Set 3 Chinese Export Gilded Lacquer Dragon Feet Nest of Tables 1890 Mid-Century Modern 25" wide X 10

25" wide X 10

was acquired by Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna

Eash spoon is marked for Moscow

Illustrated in:1

and was almost certainly a commission for a person of substance

Antique Set 3 Chinese Export Gilded Lacquer Dragon Feet Nest of Tables 1890 Mid-Century Modern 25" wide X 10A 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