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A GEORGE II INDIAN ROSEWOOD-BANDED SABICU COMMODE

Lot 533
13.02.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1538924
Lot 533 | A GEORGE II INDIAN ROSEWOOD-BANDED SABICU COMMODE
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A GEORGE II INDIAN ROSEWOOD-BANDED SABICU COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1765, THE CARVING POSSIBLY BY SEFFERIN ALKEN
Serpentine, with sectioned top over four drawers flanked by foliate-carved corbels and mounted with gilt-lacquered brass mounts cast as berried wreaths, on bracket feet, veneers of the triangular panels of the top later, the drawers with concave fillets, with inventory number ‘9821-A’ inside top drawer, one drawer with old typed label identifying Cooper provenance, numbered '821A' in yellow chalk
36 ¾ in. (93.3 cm.) high, 52 in. (132.1 cm.) wide, 23 ½ in. (59.7 cm.) deep




Provenance

The Collection of Sir George Cooper, Hursley Park, Winchester, Hampshire.
With Stair & Company, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above on 16 May 1966.



Literature

The Connoisseur, May 1965 (advertisement by Stair).
Medium:Wood
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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