QIANLONG AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of rectangular form, one side with four drawers each meticulously carved with a flittering bat amidst auspicious stylised clouds in high relief within the rectangular panel, each embellished with a leaf-shaped handle issuing from a chrysanthemum lock plate in the center, further decorated with four reticulated spandrels carved to the form of an undulating chi-long in each of the four inner corners, supported on four short cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball-form feet, the well-polished wood of a dark brown tone.