A writting cabinet on a single foot Lusíada carved teak decorated with foliate scrolls imaginary animals and the coat of arms of the Portuguese Correia family, carved foot/column surmounting a square base, blued lacquered and gilt drawers interior, vermillon-hemmed "Birds nibbling grapes", red lacquered drawers interior with gilt paintings "Flowers", scalloped metal lock's escutcheon "Two-headed Eagle", iron lateral handles Southeast Asia - Gulf of Bengal 16th C. (2nd half) missing outer lacquer, old square base but possibly non original, small faults and defects Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 127 x 81 x 47 cm Notes: only two flat-fronted top cabinet on a single foot are known: one of them integrated the auction nº 130 of Cabral Moncada Leilões, Septembre 27th, 2011, lot 511, and is shown on FERRÃO, Bernardo - "Mobiliário Português dos Primórdios ao Maneirismo, Volume Terceiro - Índia e Japão", Oporto, Lello & Irmão Editores, 1990, p. 141, nº 409; the other one is part of the Collection of Jorge Neves da Mota, Oporto, and was exhibited in the following exhibitions, in both cases accompanied by Pedro de Moura Carvalho’s study: "Um Olhar do Porto - Uma Colecção de Artes Decorativas", Quinta das Cruzes Museum, Funchal, 2005-2006, being shown on the respective catalogue, pp. 114-116, nº27; and  "O Mundo da Laca - 2000 anos de História, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, 2001, being shown on the respective catalogue, p. 146, nº 70.