A CHINESE BLACK-AND-GILT LACQUER CABINET ON GEORGIAN BLACK JAPANNED STAND

The rectangular top above a torus-molded frieze drawer, the fall-front enclosing a central door surrounded by an arrangement of fifteen drawers, the writing surface decorated with a large circular reserve containing two birds amidst cloud scrolls, the top drawer fronts, front, and sides decorated with landscape scenes, on a stand with canted square legs and later pierced brackets, formerly with stretchers