ID 820142
Lot 526 | A NORTH GERMAN WHITE, BLUE AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED MEDAL CABINET-ON-STAND
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
THE CABINET IN THE MANNER OF GERHARD DAGLY, BERLIN, CIRCA 1720, THE STAND ENGLISH, CIRCA 1710, REDUCED IN SIZE TO FIT THE CABINET
The cabinet with a shaped cornice above a pair of conforming cupboard doors opening to reveal a vanity door surrounded by an arrangement of small drawers above four longer drawers; the whole decorated with Chinoiserie landscapes on an ivory ground, with elaborately engraved brass hinges and lock plates, silvered stand with gadrooned edge, pierced foliate-carved apron on tapered supports, the reverse with black painted N. 4 and possibly B 4, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
60 in. (152.2 cm.) high, 28 in. (161.5 cm.) wide, 15 1/4 in. (39 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired by J. Paul Getty from Mallett & Son, London, in 1960.
In the Collection of J. Paul Getty, at Sutton Place, London, until 1978 when the collection was dispersed.
Accessioned into the Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, in 1978, until deaccessioned in 1988.
Property from the Collection of a Western Educational Institution; Christie’s, New York, 22 October 1988, lot 176.
With Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts, Ltd., London.
Acquired from James Hepworth, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1992.
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
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