A finely carved and exceedingly rare huanghuali 'dragon' side table, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period 清康熙 黃花梨夔龍紋束腰條桌 the top of a standard mitred, mortise-and-tenoned frame with a single floating panel, the outer edge encircled with a pair of confronting stylised kui dragons rendering in beaded angular scrollwork, above a narrow recessed waist and an apron pierces with three apertures, the apron similarly decorated with dragon scrollwork that continues down the square-section legs terminating in hoof feet, with the scrollwork protruding above the midsection of the legs 37.1 by 82 by h. 77.2 cm