A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL-MOU...

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Lot 254 | A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL-MOU...
A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ETAGERE-CABINET

IN THE MANNER OF GABRIEL VIARDOT, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The pagoda-shaped top with central geometric plinth above an asymmetrical arrangement of shelves and cubby holes with pierced trellis galleries and central crouching karashishi and cranes on lotus leaves, the two cupboard doors inset with Chinese cloisonné plaques of exotic birds and butterflies on flowering branches against a turquoise ground, signed 'J. MOSER'

71 ½ in. (181.5 cm.) high; 45 ¾ in. (116.5 cm.) wide; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) deep

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