Sale 1500
New York
|
15 April 2005
Price realised
USD 28,800
Estimate
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING CHEST-OF-DRAWERS CIRCA 1770 The serpentine shaped top with a moulded edge above a drawer fitted with a gilt-tooled green-leather slide above three further long graduated drawers between canted angles on bracket feet, the handles apparently original, the top drawer originally fitted 34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 47½ in. (121 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 157-181)
Post Lot Text
END OF MORNING SESSION
With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase