 | | Lot No. | | *** | | Description: | An important mid 18th century Chinese lacquer cabinet with two doors decorated with extensive landscapes, pagodas, pavilions and temple buildings, opening to reveal a fitted interior. The interior divided and fitted with compartments, shelves and variously sized drawers, a central shrine compartment with pierced sliding screens, and simulated bamboo galleries. The stand, English, of a later period, with gilded lacquer panelling complimenting the cabinet and with two giltwood figural supports in the manner of Daniel Morot (French/Dutch 1661- 1752) that probably originate from a pair of gueridon or a pier table of the late 17th or early 18th centuries. Height on stand 172.5 cm. Width 95 cm. Depth 55 cm | | Estimate: | *** | | Price: | *** | | Category: | Oriental — Furniture | |
