Lot 136
136
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN INDIAN IVORY-INLAID CABINET-ON-STAND of rectangular form with two hinged doors revealing a variety of drawers of varying sizes, the doors and sides inlaid with panels of floral sprays within a scrolling meandering vine border, the top with a similar central panel within plain surround, the inside of each door with a stylised figure of the emperor Akbar surrounded by similar floral sprays and borders, the central drawer depicting a seated ruler and his mistress among floral sprays, a small panel below depicting a European shooting at animals, two musicians on the drawer above, flanked by two vertical panels of scrolling vine which remove to reveal three concealed narrow drawers, all the other drawers with depictions of attendants bearing gifts, English ormolu mounts of Regency period and earlier, the later stand with frieze of flowerhead lozenges, spirally-turned legs with inlaid ivory floral spray above, the cabinet early 18th Century, restorations, possibly later border to the top

Details
AN INDIAN IVORY-INLAID CABINET-ON-STAND of rectangular form with two hinged doors revealing a variety of drawers of varying sizes, the doors and sides inlaid with panels of floral sprays within a scrolling meandering vine border, the top with a similar central panel within plain surround, the inside of each door with a stylised figure of the emperor Akbar surrounded by similar floral sprays and borders, the central drawer depicting a seated ruler and his mistress among floral sprays, a small panel below depicting a European shooting at animals, two musicians on the drawer above, flanked by two vertical panels of scrolling vine which remove to reveal three concealed narrow drawers, all the other drawers with depictions of attendants bearing gifts, English ormolu mounts of Regency period and earlier, the later stand with frieze of flowerhead lozenges, spirally-turned legs with inlaid ivory floral spray above, the cabinet early 18th Century, restorations, possibly later border to the top
the cabinet 32in.(81cm.) wide; 20in.(51cm.) high; 19in.(48cm.) deep
overall 48in. (122cm.) high

Lot Essay

A related 17th Century cabinet, inlaid with alternating patterns of flowering shrubs within flower-scrolled borders was sold from the collection of Lord Canning, Viceroy of India, (d.1862) at Christie's 11 October 1988, lot 233. The 'Elizabethan' style twisted columnar stand relates to 'antiquarian' furniture of the 1820's

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