Lot Essay
A similar filigree and enamelled dressing-mirror attributed to early 20th Century Bukhara was formerly in the Love Collection, sold at Christie's, New York, 20 October 2004, lot 666.
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PROBABLY BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A GOLD PAINTED VANITY DRESSER
PROBABLY BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Copper alloy and copper wire painted gold with inset turquoise and red glass, the stepped structure on four cusped feet with an openwork balustrade around the top on three sides and an oval mirror with filigree frame, the front of the drawers similarly decorated in filigree and the lower step and the top with engraved scrolling floral vine contained within cusped palmettes, touches of polychrome enamel, the back engraved with a large rosette on a ground of cusped palmettes, small losses to the filigree
25¾ x 13¾ x 11 7/8in. (65.5 x 35 x30cm.) at maximum
PROBABLY BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Copper alloy and copper wire painted gold with inset turquoise and red glass, the stepped structure on four cusped feet with an openwork balustrade around the top on three sides and an oval mirror with filigree frame, the front of the drawers similarly decorated in filigree and the lower step and the top with engraved scrolling floral vine contained within cusped palmettes, touches of polychrome enamel, the back engraved with a large rosette on a ground of cusped palmettes, small losses to the filigree
25¾ x 13¾ x 11 7/8in. (65.5 x 35 x30cm.) at maximum
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