Lot 72
Lot 72
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE TORONTO COLLECTION
A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT LACQUER BUREAU-CABINET

CIRCA 1760

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USD 40,000 - USD 60,000
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
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A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT LACQUER BUREAU-CABINET

CIRCA 1760

Closed: 8 Apr 2025
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
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The shaped arched cresting above a pair of arched paneled doors enclosing an interior fitted with pigeonholes, shelves and small drawers over a pair of candle-slides, the slant lid enclosing a fitted interior with well over two small drawers, two pairs of drawers and a long drawer above a shaped apron and bracket feet, decorated throughout with foliate scrolls and extensive landscapes, the sides mounted with lifting handles; formerly but probably not originally with finials
89 in. (226 cm.) high, 3912 in. (100 cm.) wide, 2514 in. (64 cm.)
Provenance
The Collection of Sir William Plender, later Baron Plender of Sundridge, G.B.E. (1861-), Bourne Park, Ovenden, Kent.
The Property of a New York Estate; Christie’s, New York, 17 October 1997, lot 445.
Acquired from the above sale.
Literature
R.W. Symonds, Old English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture, London, 1923, pp. 166-167, pl. XXXIX.
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