A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY AND EBONISED SARCOPHAGUS WINE-COOLER

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 106-108)

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A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY AND EBONISED SARCOPHAGUS WINE-COOLER
The rectangular tapering body with lead liner, with reeded lower edge, on sphinx supports and a plinth base with countersunk brass castors, the lead-liner damaged, the castors stamped 'WT & S' below a sun, originally with a lid
18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) high; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Egyptian style furniture with sphynx enrichments featured in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, while a related plinth-supported sarcophagus cistern with attendant lions featured in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808, pl. 94.