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CIRCA 1830
Details
A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER BONHEUR-DE-JOUR
CIRCA 1830
With a scrolling cresting above a pair of oval panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with a detachable lap desk and the upper drawer fitted for a pocket watch, the base with a double-hinged top on cabriole legs and paw feet
60 in. (152 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1830
With a scrolling cresting above a pair of oval panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with a detachable lap desk and the upper drawer fitted for a pocket watch, the base with a double-hinged top on cabriole legs and paw feet
60 in. (152 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
Provenance
Mr. Bertrand L. Taylor; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 21 February 1942, lot 375 ($190).
Special notice
Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.