A PAIR OF GEORGE III BOW-FRONTED CHINESE AUBERGINE LACQUER AND SATINWOOD DWARF OPEN BOOKCASES, each with three-quarter galleried bow-fronted rectangular top decorated with crysanthemum sprays, above two further tiers with shaped supports and two doors decorated with chinoiserie landscapes, pagodas, trees and rocky outcrops and enclosing a plain interior, the sides with further watery landscapes, on black and gilt-japanned foliate trailed turned tapering legs and turned toupie feet, formerly with castors

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BOW-FRONTED CHINESE AUBERGINE LACQUER AND SATINWOOD DWARF OPEN BOOKCASES, each with three-quarter galleried bow-fronted rectangular top decorated with crysanthemum sprays, above two further tiers with shaped supports and two doors decorated with chinoiserie landscapes, pagodas, trees and rocky outcrops and enclosing a plain interior, the sides with further watery landscapes, on black and gilt-japanned foliate trailed turned tapering legs and turned toupie feet, formerly with castors
21¼in. (54cm.) wide; 43½in. (111cm.) high; 13in. (33cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., Trent Park, Hertfordshire, illustrated in situ in the Library by Country Life in 1931 and recorded there in 1939

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