A 'HUANGHUALI' FIVE-DRAWER THREE-PART DESK

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
82,7 x 138 x 69 cm
The rectangular top with three fielded panel frieze drawers, supported on a pair of pedestals with legs of square section, each pedestal with a single drawer and low open 'cracked ice' trelliswork stretchers.
From a Berlin private collection, purchased at Tomlinson Antique House, Singapore, 7 September 1993 (copy of the invoice and certificate of antiquity available) - Minor traces of age