Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 8 208
Shipping
About this Item
A Chinese Export hardwood and camphor-lined chest, 20th century
the hinged domed cover carved with a pair of three-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl surrounded stylised clouds, the interior with a compartment and loose carrying tray, the front and sides similarly carved, on cabriole legs and claw feet, with later castors, distress, 67cm high, 104cm wide, 53cm deep
Provenance
Sold: Sotheby's Cape Town, The Contents of Nederberg, 19th and 20th April, 1982, lot 125
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