Sale 1500
New York
|
15 April 2005
Price realised
USD 38,400
Estimate
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY POT CUPBOARDS CIRCA 1770 Each rectangular top with shaped galleries and integral handles above an 'up and over' door, the forward sliding shaped apron later fitted with a gilt-tooled green leather panel on square chamfered legs 32 in. (81.5 cm.) high, 21¾ in. (55 cm.) wide, 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep (2)
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 157-181)
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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