A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, JAPANESE NAMBAN LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
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CHRISTIE'SAuctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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Event location | USA, New York |
ID 1360030
Lot 71 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, JAPANESE NAMBAN LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Estimate value
200000USD $ 200 000 – 400 000
ATTRIBUTED TO PHILIPPE-CLAUDE MONTIGNY, CIRCA 1775, THE LACQUER CIRCA 1600-1625
With a pierced three-quarter gallery surrounding a white and gray-veined marble top, above a diamond and rosette-mounted frieze drawer, above a fall-front and two cabinet doors set with richly gilt 17th-century Japanese lacquer panels depicting fanning peacocks, a hawk and smaller birds amid dense mother-of-pearl inlaid foliage, the upper section fitted with eight Japanese lacquered drawers, the lower section with a coffre fort, the sides with conforming lacquer panels with overall gilt and mother-of-pearl foliage and bamboo, the ormolu chutes cast as trophies of the arts and the apron mount as as bearded foliate mask
56 ¾ in. (144.5 cm.) high, 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide, 16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, p. 11.
Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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Medium: | Acrylic glass, Ebonywood, Gold, Japanese lacquerware, Wood, Plastic |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Japan, Asia, Europe |
Category: | Desks and bureaus |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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Medium: | Acrylic glass, Ebonywood, Gold, Japanese lacquerware, Wood, Plastic |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Japan, Asia, Europe |
Category: | Desks and bureaus |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
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