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CIRCA 1770
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CHINESE AUBERGINE AND GILT-LACQUER AND SATINWOOD BOWFRONT OPEN BOOKCASES
CIRCA 1770
Decorated overall with Chinese landscape scenes with pagodas and rocky outcrops, each with a three-quarter gallery above two graduated shelves and a pair of doors, the sides with further watery landscapes, on turned tapering legs and toupie feet, formerly with castors
43 ¾ in. (111 cm.) high; 21 ¼ in. (54cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep.
CIRCA 1770
Decorated overall with Chinese landscape scenes with pagodas and rocky outcrops, each with a three-quarter gallery above two graduated shelves and a pair of doors, the sides with further watery landscapes, on turned tapering legs and toupie feet, formerly with castors
43 ¾ in. (111 cm.) high; 21 ¼ in. (54cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep.
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., Trent Park, Hertfordshire.
Sold Christie's, London, Works of Art from Collections of the Cholmondeley Family and The Late Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., from Houghton, 8 December 1994, lot 109.
Sold Christie's, London, Works of Art from Collections of the Cholmondeley Family and The Late Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., from Houghton, 8 December 1994, lot 109.
Sale room notice
Please note the dimensions for this lot should read: 43 ¾ in. (111 cm.) high; 21 ¼ in. (54cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep.
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