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A REGENCY GILT-BRASS MOUNTED AND INLAID EBONISED, JAPANESE BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER AND PARCEL-GILT CABINET-ON-STAND

Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Auction dateClassic
02.07.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1250834
Lot 56 | A REGENCY GILT-BRASS MOUNTED AND INLAID EBONISED, JAPANESE BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER AND PARCEL-GILT CABINET-ON-STAND
A REGENCY GILT-BRASS MOUNTED AND INLAID EBONISED, JAPANESE BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER AND PARCEL-GILT CABINET-ON-STAND
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1813, THE JAPANESE LACQUER EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular black slate top with three-quarter pierced gallery, above a plain breakfront frieze and a pair of panelled doors decorated with cockerels, enclosing a shelf, flanked by turned columns, each side with a weeping cherry blossom, the lower section with scrolled truss supports and mirrored back, on a plinth base with breakfront ends, the painted foliage to the edges of the lacquer panels Regency decoration
56 ½ in. (143.5 cm.) high; 35 ½ in. (90 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep




Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) for Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat, until sold;
Furniture, Porcelain and Silver from Longleat; Christie's, London, 13-14 June 2002, lot 326 (for £57,360 inc. premium), where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

1837 Inventory, No. 59 Morning Room, 'One Ebony Cabinet with Folding doors and Looking Glass Back'.
1869 Inventory, First Floor Corridor, 'An ebonised Cabinet with panels of Old Japan lacquer with domestic poultry in relief and ormolu columns on stand with looking glass back'.
1896 Inventory (2nd Marquess' Heirlooms), f 86 r Music Gallery, 'An ebonised cabinet with panels of old Japan lacquer with domestic poultry in relief and ormolu columns on stand with looking glass back - width 35 inches'.
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