Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

304 A Chinese inlaid camphorwood and brass-mounted secretaire military chest, late 19th/early 20th century in two parts, the rounded rectangular top with three-quarter carved gallery above a long drawer, with a secretaire drawer below enclosing three fitted drawers, open compartments and a leather-lined writing surface, flanked by two short drawers, with a long drawer below, the lower section with two graduated drawers, the sides with brass carrying handles, on carved paw feet, 148cm high, 110cmwide, 51cm deep R40 000–50 000 provenance Purchased by the current owner’s maternal grandfather, William Henry Kelly, the Royal Navy’s chief procurement officer stationed in the Crown colony of Hong Kong during the years of 1895 to 1927. Thence by descent. 305 304 305 A Chinese silk rug, late 19th century approximately 217 by 128,5cm R40 000–60 000 108