Description: Antique Chinese Hardwood Altar Table, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), rectangular top inset with three burled wood panels, scroll ends, pierced frieze with cash and ruyi heads, shaped legs, side stretchers, h. 33 in., w. 38 3/4 in., d. 15 1/2 in. Provenance: American missionary Whitefield Walton Brockman (1875-1939), Professor at Soochow University (1904-1908 and 1916-c. 1920) and organizer of the Soochow Y.M.C.A. (1916-c. 1920), Suzhou, China; thence by descent