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A BLACK AND GOLD JAPANNED BUREAU-BOOKCASE
THE UPPER SECTION, CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
The arched cornice above a pair of arched panelled doors over candleslides, the slant lid enclosing an interior of small drawers, pigeonholes and prospect drawers, over two short and three long graduated drawers on bracket feet, decorated throughout with vignettes of Chinese figures within pavilions, birds, butterflies and flowers (decoration restored, base of later date)- 89½in.(237cm.) high, 41½in.(105cm.) wide, 21in.(53cm.) deep
THE UPPER SECTION, CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
The arched cornice above a pair of arched panelled doors over candleslides, the slant lid enclosing an interior of small drawers, pigeonholes and prospect drawers, over two short and three long graduated drawers on bracket feet, decorated throughout with vignettes of Chinese figures within pavilions, birds, butterflies and flowers (decoration restored, base of later date)- 89½in.(237cm.) high, 41½in.(105cm.) wide, 21in.(53cm.) deep