Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

645 A Colonial Indian teak and brass-mounted chest, 19th century with rectangular top, the front fitted with four brass bosses and a pierced escutcheon plate, the sides with brass carrying- handles, on bracket supports with ball front feet, distressed, 78cm high, 120cmwide, 60cm deep R4 000 – 6 000 646 Two Indonesian teak benches each with four-panelled back, slatted seat, on ring-turned tapering legs, distressed, 205cm and 196cm long (2) R1 000 – 1 200 648 A Persian painted canopy bed, 18th/19th century with panelled canopy, the sides with tapering octagonal columns headed by spandrels, each corner with hinged flap, on carved wood and iron supports, one side with a row of spindles, the whole painted with small red and white flowers, with string webbing mattress base, 170cm high, 242cmwide, 260 long R15 000 – 20 000 648 156 647 An Indonesian teak and brass- mounted bench with three-panelled pierced back headed by applied acanthus leaves, the arms with brass strapwork and beading, slatted seat, on ring-turned legs, 154cmwide; and a fruitwood carved example, the backrail carved with scroll and foliate decoration, three lattice panels, slatted seat, on tapering legs, 138cmwide (2) R2 000 – 3 000