Lot Essay
A closely related table from Cuzco is illustrated in G. Palmer and D. Pierce, Cambios: The Spirit of Transformation in Spanish Colonial Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1992, fig. 37, pg. 55.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PERUVIAN RED-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILTWOOD TABLE
Details
A PERUVIAN RED-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILTWOOD TABLE
MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY CUZCO
With associated rectangular foliate banded top above an elaborately carved frieze fitted with a long drawer and centrally carved with a double-headed eagle and floral sprays, with stylized foliate dividers at the angles, the sides decorated with urns issuing floral sprays and birds, on twisted foliate-carved legs joined by square stretchers on foliate carved feet
35in. (89cm.) high, 47½in. (121cm.) wide, 26¾in. (68cm.) deep
MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY CUZCO
With associated rectangular foliate banded top above an elaborately carved frieze fitted with a long drawer and centrally carved with a double-headed eagle and floral sprays, with stylized foliate dividers at the angles, the sides decorated with urns issuing floral sprays and birds, on twisted foliate-carved legs joined by square stretchers on foliate carved feet
35in. (89cm.) high, 47½in. (121cm.) wide, 26¾in. (68cm.) deep