Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Export Gilt Black Lacquer Table 3 Drawer Desk 1850 Decorative Arts at the National Museum of

at the National Museum of Art in Osaka

the guards holding a mace (Gada) and one hand on a dagger (Katar)

and finally Point Pleasant

the border having eight enameled panels

housed in a blue hardwood frame

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Export Gilt Black Lacquer Table 3 Drawer Desk 1850 Decorative Arts at the National Museum ofA fine antique gilt wood & black lacquer Chinese Export Qing dynasty table desk, circa 1850. The table top is finely hand painted to the top with a gilded landscape scene, depicting a river with boats and various pagoda buildings, set below a mountainous landscape. The table is decorated on all sides, with three drawers to the front with corresponding landscape scenes, the back of the desk having three panels decorated with similar hand painted gilt