# Low Table (kang zhuo) with Dragons in Clouds

- Date: 1600s–1700s
- Medium: Rosewood (huanghuali) and metal
- Classification: Furniture and woodwork
- Dimensions: Overall: 29 x 97.2 x 69.2 cm (11 7/16 x 38 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.)
- Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Credit line: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.228)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.228/1964.228_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Originally, low tables were placed on a kang, a raised platform made of brick and heated by a fire underneath, which served as a bed and living space on cold winter days in northern China. During the daytime, these platforms could accommodate two sitters with a kang table placed between them.

In the warmer south, kang tables were used on daybeds made of wood. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, furniture makers used rare tropical hardwood, such as huanghuali, known as rosewood.