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A JAPANESE COPPER-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER CABINET-ON-STAND
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A JAPANESE COPPER-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER CABINET-ON-STAND
17TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with oriental landscapes of birds, flowers and buildings and with foliate-engraved lockplates and hinges, the rectangular top above a pair of doors enclosing ten variously-sized drawers with nashiji lining, the stand in two sections, the upper part with gilt-composition scrolled decoration and centred by a cartouche the lower part with a frieze of a flowerhead-filled trellis above a decorated apron and on bun feet, the stand English and later, with depository label WAYMARKS DEPOSITORY TUNBRIDGE WELLS, inscribed in pencil MISS PARTRIDGE
40in. (101.5cm.) wide; 45¾in. (116cm.) high; 21½in. (54.5cm.) deep
17TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with oriental landscapes of birds, flowers and buildings and with foliate-engraved lockplates and hinges, the rectangular top above a pair of doors enclosing ten variously-sized drawers with nashiji lining, the stand in two sections, the upper part with gilt-composition scrolled decoration and centred by a cartouche the lower part with a frieze of a flowerhead-filled trellis above a decorated apron and on bun feet, the stand English and later, with depository label WAYMARKS DEPOSITORY TUNBRIDGE WELLS, inscribed in pencil MISS PARTRIDGE
40in. (101.5cm.) wide; 45¾in. (116cm.) high; 21½in. (54.5cm.) deep