Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 16 March 2015

Continental & Oriental Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts including a Collection of Italian Glass
  • A Chinese inlaid camphorwood and brass-mounted secretaire military chest, late 19th/early 20th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 50 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

A Chinese inlaid camphorwood and brass-mounted secretaire military chest, late 19th/early 20th century

in two parts, the rounded rectangular top with three-quarter carved gallery above a long drawer, with a secretaire drawer below enclosing three fitted drawers, compartments and a leather-lined writing slide, flanked by two short drawers, with a long drawer below, the lower section with two graduated drawers, the sides with brass carrying handles, on carved paw feet, 148cm high, 110cm wide, 51cm deep

Provenance

Purchased by the current owner's maternal grandfather, William Henry Kelly, the Royal Navy's chief procurement officer stationed in the Crown colony of Hong Kong during the years of 1895 to 1927.


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