A HISPANO-MORESQUE CARVED AND BONE-INLAID CABINET

Lot 50
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 16 380
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1033093
Lot 50 | A HISPANO-MORESQUE CARVED AND BONE-INLAID CABINET
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
A HISPANO-MORESQUE CARVED AND BONE-INLAID CABINET

SPAIN, 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY

The cabinet with nine drawers arranged around a central door, the central door with carved horseshoe arch and capitals, the upper five drawers inlaid with repeated geometric motifs in bone, the lower four with similar motifs behind a carved arcade of horseshoe arches, the sides with similar central panel of bone-inlaid geometric motifs framed by a craved wooden frieze, the edges with alternating band of bone and wooden tesserae, the stand with three horseshoe arches along the central bracket, with similar bone-inlaid geometric stars in the spandrels, two shields with bone-inlaid calligraphy on rests

4ft.8in. (182cm.) tall including stand; 2ft.11in. (89cm.) across; 1ft. (31cm.) deep

Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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