A South German pokerwork cedar chest

17TH CENTURY

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A South German pokerwork cedar chest
17th Century
The hinged rectangular top with two panels, each decorated with people drinking wine and surrounded by scrolling foliage, enclosing a plain interior, the front with three variously decorated panels, flanked by soldiers and surmounted by putti, the lockplate flanked by crowned lions, on bun feet, restorations
77.5cm. high x 179cm. wide x 69cm. deep

Lot Essay

Another cedar chest decorated in pokerwork was sold in the collection of the Karl Count of Maldeghem, in these rooms 24 March 1999, lot 308.

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