An elm wood four drawer coffer, 19th/20th century the recessed rectangular top within a moulded mitred frame, the front with an arrangement of compartments with lift-out doors, and drawers, each centred with shaped baitong plates and flush handles, the sides extending down to form the short corner feet joined at the front by a plain shaped stretcher, 61 cm high, 134 cm wide, 45 cm deep. Provenance, Tomlinson Antique House, Singapore, 25 July 1993, This lot is sold with a Tomlinson Antique House certificate of antiquity describing this coffer as elm wood and dating it to the Qing dynasty