Lot Essay
A related japanned cabinet and foliated stand inhabited by shell-bearing cherubims, formerly at Cullen House, Banffshire was sold by the Earl of Seafield, in these Rooms, 22 September 1975, lot 111.
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A WILLIAM AND MARY BRASS-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED CABINET-ON- STAND
Decorated overall with landscape and waterscape scenes depicting figures and animals, birds, boats, pagodas, trees, the sides and inside-doors with large figures, the interior with nine variously-sized small drawers and one long drawer depicting further individual scenes, on a silvered stand with pierced apron centred by a shell and flanked by cherubs and on scrolling and leaf-wrapped cabriole legs, chips and losses to the stand
68 in. (172.5 cm.) high; 45 in. (114.5 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59.5 cm.) deep
Decorated overall with landscape and waterscape scenes depicting figures and animals, birds, boats, pagodas, trees, the sides and inside-doors with large figures, the interior with nine variously-sized small drawers and one long drawer depicting further individual scenes, on a silvered stand with pierced apron centred by a shell and flanked by cherubs and on scrolling and leaf-wrapped cabriole legs, chips and losses to the stand
68 in. (172.5 cm.) high; 45 in. (114.5 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59.5 cm.) deep