A 17th century Dutch Colonial coromandel cabinet on stand, the arched pediment with moulded edges over a panelled and glazed two door cabinet, opening to three shelves, over two half-width horizontal drawers supported on carved supports and terminating in ball and claw feet, united by a carved x-stretcher base with a vase finial, 183 x 223 x 62 cm. Provenance: Deaccessed from the National Museum Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1956. Property of Mahinda Dharmapala, Cotta Borella, Colombo.