Sale 5018
Paris
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7 November 2002
Price realised
EUR 2,115
Estimate
COMMODE D'EPOQUE RESTAURATION En acajou et placage d'acajou flammé, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, dessus de marbre gris, ouvrant à quatre tiroirs, les boutons de tirage ornés de roses, flanquée de colonnes détachées surmontées d'une bague, reposant sur des pieds cylindriques Hauteur: 91 cm. (35¾ in.), Largeur: 128,5 cm. (50½ in.), Profondeur: 58,5 cm. (23 in.)
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife