A GEORGE II GREEN AND GILT JAPANNED BUREAU-CABINET

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$ 378 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
25.04.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événement
Etats-Unis, New York
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ID 1195442
Lot 701 | A GEORGE II GREEN AND GILT JAPANNED BUREAU-CABINET
The upper cabinet with a molded swan-neck pediment termination in gilt flowerheads over two rectangular beveled mirrored doors opening to a fitted interior of small drawers, shelves, pigeonholes, and marbleized pilasters surrounding a central mirrored cupboard door, the insides with nashiji ground decoration, also with a secret compartment, each of the interior panels of the cabinet doors depict a magnificent ship, the lower slightly bombe section with a slope front enclosing a similarly fitted interior, the interior of the fall-front inset with a velvet writing surface, above two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet, decorated all over with green ground, which would have originally appeared blue, covered with exotic chinoiserie figures, mythical beasts, pavilions, flowers, and foliage; all drawers incised with 'W' and roman numerals to the reverse, and some interior drawers further numbered in red chalk, with old London shipping labels applied to the back, the hardware apparently original, one mirror plate possibly original and re-silvered, the other a well-matched replacement, with some refreshments to the japanning
943/4 in. (240.7 cm.) high, 42 in. (106.7 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
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20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
Etats-Unis
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10.04.2024 – 25.04.2024
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