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A JAPANESE TEAK, MOTHER-OF-PEARL BONE AND IVORY ONLAID GOLD LACQUER STAGE CABINET
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The moulded cornice surmounted by a pierced arched pediment centred by a figure astride a heron within cloudbands, flanked by scrolled stylised dragon brackets, the frieze fitted with five pairs of sliding and hinged panelled cupboard doors onlaid with birds resting on flowering peony and chrysanthemums, centred by two rectangular panels, one decorated with four musicians within a landscape, the other with four figures of warriors, two short drawers below, on an in-scrolled base joined by a pierced stretcher carved with scrolls and mythical beasts, the pediment figure lacking his face, minor losses
85½in. (217cm) high, 58½in. (148.5cm) wide
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The moulded cornice surmounted by a pierced arched pediment centred by a figure astride a heron within cloudbands, flanked by scrolled stylised dragon brackets, the frieze fitted with five pairs of sliding and hinged panelled cupboard doors onlaid with birds resting on flowering peony and chrysanthemums, centred by two rectangular panels, one decorated with four musicians within a landscape, the other with four figures of warriors, two short drawers below, on an in-scrolled base joined by a pierced stretcher carved with scrolls and mythical beasts, the pediment figure lacking his face, minor losses
85½in. (217cm) high, 58½in. (148.5cm) wide