Lot Essay
Jean Baptiste Vassou, maître in 1767.
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BY JEAN-BAPTISTE VASSOU
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT LACQUER COMMODE
By Jean-Baptiste Vassou
Of slightly breakfront form, the moulded shaped rectangular brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse, decorated with Chinese lacquer panels depicting oriental figures crossing a bridge with a boat below, between angles hung with swags and paterae, with shaped apron, the side panels depicting houses within oriental landscapes, on slightly cabriole legs and foliate sabots, stamped J.B. VASSOU and JME, the uprights with European decoration, the underside of the marble top with depository label for Ramsay, repair to marble top
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep
By Jean-Baptiste Vassou
Of slightly breakfront form, the moulded shaped rectangular brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse, decorated with Chinese lacquer panels depicting oriental figures crossing a bridge with a boat below, between angles hung with swags and paterae, with shaped apron, the side panels depicting houses within oriental landscapes, on slightly cabriole legs and foliate sabots, stamped J.B. VASSOU and JME, the uprights with European decoration, the underside of the marble top with depository label for Ramsay, repair to marble top
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Hussein Pacha, Ader Tajan, Paris, 14 March 1993, lot 147 (FF 150,000).