19th century, black lacquer painted with red and gold, the top decorated with roundels of phoenixes, sides painted with bird and flower motifs and dragons, supported by four cabriole shaped legs, raised on a square base.

10 1/4 x 10 x 8 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Wake Forest, North Carolina

Wear to top; wear with losses to edges of top and edges of apron; stress cracks to sides and to top.