A FLEMISH EBONY CABINET ON STAND, THE RAISED HINGED RECTANGULAR TOP ENCLOSING A PANEL PAINTED WITH MERCURY GUIDING FIVE FEMALE FIGURES IN A WOODED HILLY LANDSCAPE, ABOVE TWO PANELLED CUPBOARD DOORS, THE REVERSE OF THE LEFT DOOR PAINTED WITH MELEAGER PRESENTING ATALANTA A BOAR'S HEAD, THE REVERSE OF THE RIGHT DOOR PAINTED WITH PERSEUS HOLDING MEDUSA'S SNAKE-HAIRED HEAD IN HIS HAND AND FLANKED BY PEGASUS, ENCLOSING AN INTERIOR WITH TEN DRAWERS SURROUNDING A DOOR WITH AN ARCADED PANEL FLANKED BY TWO COLUMNS AND A BALUSTRADED PEDIMENT ENCLOSING A MIRROR-LINED INTERIOR CENTRING ON A GILTWOOD FEMALE FIGURE WITH ARMOUR, THE CENTRAL PANEL AND DRAWERS PAINTED WITH VARIOUS MYTHOLOGICAL SCENES FROM THE METAMORPHOSES, TWO SHORT DRAWERS BELOW, PANELLED SIDES, THE LATER STAND WITH MOULDED FRIEZE FLANKED BY LION'S MASKS, ON BALUSTER SUPPORTS JOINED BY AN H-SHAPED STRETCHER, ON BUN FEET, 17TH CENTURY
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A FLEMISH EBONY CABINET ON STAND, THE RAISED HINGED RECTANGULAR TOP ENCLOSING A PANEL PAINTED WITH MERCURY GUIDING FIVE FEMALE FIGURES IN A WOODED HILLY LANDSCAPE, ABOVE TWO PANELLED CUPBOARD DOORS, THE REVERSE OF THE LEFT DOOR PAINTED WITH MELEAGER PRESENTING ATALANTA A BOAR'S HEAD, THE REVERSE OF THE RIGHT DOOR PAINTED WITH PERSEUS HOLDING MEDUSA'S SNAKE-HAIRED HEAD IN HIS HAND AND FLANKED BY PEGASUS, ENCLOSING AN INTERIOR WITH TEN DRAWERS SURROUNDING A DOOR WITH AN ARCADED PANEL FLANKED BY TWO COLUMNS AND A BALUSTRADED PEDIMENT ENCLOSING A MIRROR-LINED INTERIOR CENTRING ON A GILTWOOD FEMALE FIGURE WITH ARMOUR, THE CENTRAL PANEL AND DRAWERS PAINTED WITH VARIOUS MYTHOLOGICAL SCENES FROM THE METAMORPHOSES, TWO SHORT DRAWERS BELOW, PANELLED SIDES, THE LATER STAND WITH MOULDED FRIEZE FLANKED BY LION'S MASKS, ON BALUSTER SUPPORTS JOINED BY AN H-SHAPED STRETCHER, ON BUN FEET, 17TH CENTURY
153 CM HIGH X 92 CM WIDE X 41.5 CM DEEP
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