LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHINESE-EXPORT BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER CABINETS-ON-STANDS
Late 18th 19th Century
Decorated overall with Chinoiserie scenes of pagodas and cranes in a landscape, each with rectangular top above an open interior with two levels, the upper with four sliding screens in front of three recesses containing drawers, and flanked by balconies, the lower section, with a central recess, above two short and one long drawer, the latter simulated as a set of steps flanked by three short drawers to each side, and above two short drawers, on later stands with geometrically pierced apron, square legs and scroll feet, each drawer with Chinese characters to the reverse, some brackets off and loose, one drawer replaced, each with two extra pierced screens, the sides with carrying- handles, each stand and cabinet labelled 'A' and 'B',
41½ in. (105 cm.) wide; 73¼ in. (186 cm.) high; 20¾ in. (53 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

A similar interior on two levels, with pierced giltwood screens and balustrades, and with a lower central drawer simulated as steps, features in a Chinese-Export cabinet-on-stand, removed from Nidd Hall, Ripley, and formerly owned by Viscount Mountgarret, sold by Guy Reed, Esq., in these Rooms, 9 July 1987, lot 70.
A further cabinet-on-stand, again with a related interior arrangement, is illustrated in H. Cesinsky English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. I, p. 218, fig. 226.

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