Important South African Art, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics
Live Auction, 26 September 2011
Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Paintings Day Sale
About this Item
A Chinese lacquer hardstone-inlaid hardwood cabinet-on-stand, late 19th century the rectangular top above a pair of doors carved and inlaid with hardstones, mother-of-pearl, coloured glass and soapstone with figures of musicians and dancers, the sides carved with sprays of flowers and fruit, enclosing a shelf and a secret compartment, on a later black and gilt stand carved with shell-headed cabriole legs, on claw and ball feet, 119cm high, 64cm wide, 36cm deep (2)
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