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    Sale 9284

    Fine French and Continental & European Ceramics and

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    17 - 18 November 1999

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    • A LOUIS XIV BOULLE BRASS-INLAI
    Lot 593

    A LOUIS XIV BOULLE BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BUREAU MAZARIN

    CIRCA 1690

    Price realised

    USD 29,900

    Estimate

    USD 15,000 - USD 20,000

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    A LOUIS XIV BOULLE BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BUREAU MAZARIN
    Circa 1690
    Inlaid overall en premire partie with Brainesque designs, the top with Venus crowning Cupid beneath a canopy and between dancing satyrs, the sides with outset and ebony framed panels inlaid with sphinxes, the top with a molded brass rim above a central frieze drawer with molded ebony edges and a kneehole with door opening to reveal a compartment, flanked on each side with three walnut-lined short drawers with molded ebony edge, the canted corners above conforming tapering square legs joined by X-form stretchers, on toupie feet, the back replaced, the marquetry to the stretchers and the apron replaced
    32in. (84.5cm.) high, 47in. (124.5cm.) wide, 27in. (71.5cm.) deep

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