Lot 30
Lot 30
A CHINESE EXPORT SOLID PADOUK BUREAU-CABINET

MID-18TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 44,100
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Closed: 27 Mar 2024
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A CHINESE EXPORT SOLID PADOUK BUREAU-CABINET

MID-18TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 44,100
Closed: 27 Mar 2024
Price Realised USD 44,100
Closed: 27 Mar 2024
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In the George II style, the broken swan's neck cresting and cornice with leaf tip-carved and dentiled moldings centered by a pediment carved in relief with scrolling leafy vines and flowerheads and cabochon, with vasiform turned finials, above a pair of arched beveled mirrored doors enclosing a range of movable shelves over nine pigeonholes and three short drawers, the lower section with a slant-front enclosing a range of pigeonholes and small drawers, with four graduated drawers on bracket feet, the escutcheons original but later silvered, with later silvered pulls and mounts, one finial possibly later, feet possibly reduced
103 in. (262 cm.) high, 4912 in. (125.5 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 October 2001, lot 115.
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