A 'hongmu' pedestal-top table with side drawers Qing Dynasty, Late 19th Century

of unusual small size with a rectangular top formed from a floating panel within a rectangular frame, set with three frieze drawers with brass pull handles, all above two pedestals at each end fitted with a single drawer above a lattice-work base, flanked by beaded legs, the wood a deep brown

The surface is attractive with minor stains and scratches. The drawer interior runners are irregularly spaced, causing the drawers to enter and exit in a crooked fashion. The far right drawer with several chips to beading above the open section.
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