General Auction of Silver, Jewellery, Doulton, Nathan, White Goods, Air Ministry and Antique Furniture, Instruments and more.

General Auction of Silver, Jewellery, Doulton, Nathan, White Goods, Air Ministry and Antique Furniture, Instruments and more.

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Lot 1008: A Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Carved Camphor Wood Fall-Front Bureau

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Start price: £5

Estimated price: £5 - £8

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This Chinese export style fall-front bureau is constructed from camphor wood. The exterior is decorated with intricate relief-carved landscape scenes featuring pagodas, figures, bridges, and foliage across the fall-front and lower drawer faces. The interior features a fitted compartment with three open pigeonholes and a central small drawer with a scalloped finger pull. The fall-front writing surface is supported by manual pull-out slides. The base section contains two full-width drawers with recessed circular handles carved directly into the wood. The desk is supported on cabriole legs terminating in ball-and-claw feet. Hardware includes brass hinges and an inset brass lock plate on the fall-front. A white rectangular paper label with the printed number 1008 is adhered to the upper left corner.

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