Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
Continental & Oriental Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Glass including collections of Chinese Jade
Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 120 000
About this Item
A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut vargueno, 17th century, on later stand
the front and sides with cream velvet-lined iron mounts, the sides applied with iron carrying-handles, the fall-front with hasp lock and four bolts to the sides and enclosing an architectural interior fitted with thirteen drawers and a pair of cupboards, the later stand with a pair of Santiago shell lopers above turned baluster columns joined by a galleried stretcher on a trestle base, minor restorations,148cm high, 113,5cm wide, 41cm deep
Provenance
Purchased by the current owner from Monsieur Roger Leon, Paris, 1964
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