THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT LACQUER BUREAU-ON-STAND decorated overall with foliage and chinoiserie landscape the rectangular top above a hinged slope enclosing an interior of drawers, pigeon-holes and a well, above two drawers, the decorated sides with carrying handles, the base with rectangular tray top decorated with sprigs of foliage, with shaped frieze and waved apron, on cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet, second half 18th Century, the decoration of the base refreshed, the feet re-gilt

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A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT LACQUER BUREAU-ON-STAND decorated overall with foliage and chinoiserie landscape the rectangular top above a hinged slope enclosing an interior of drawers, pigeon-holes and a well, above two drawers, the decorated sides with carrying handles, the base with rectangular tray top decorated with sprigs of foliage, with shaped frieze and waved apron, on cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet, second half 18th Century, the decoration of the base refreshed, the feet re-gilt
28½in. (72) wide; 38½in. (98cm.) high; 17¾in. (45cm.) deep

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