Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Mid-Century Modern The chair is in excellent

The chair is in excellent condition

The lidded censer having a Chinese lion (Shi) to the lid

the chest on chest is raised on shaped bracket feet

5" tall x 20" wide

wonderful patina to the bronze and no damage or restoration

Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Mid-Century Modern The chair is in excellentA very rare antique Dutch Colonial V. O. C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau desk on stand, Batavia, circa 1730. This desk in the Queen Anne style was made in the Dutch East Indies, known as Batavia (now Indonesia) under the Colonial Dutch. The desk is made from padouk (Amboyna) and ebony wood, the desk having an ebony 'rippled' gallery to the top that follows the outline of the desk. The paneled fall front with a pierced work escutcheon &