Lot: 6594
Date of sale: 21. Sat Jan 2023
Gold lacquer painted museum traveling secretary with deep blue crystal glass inkwells, China, mid-18th century,...
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Gold lacquer painted museum traveling secretary with deep blue crystal glass inkwells, China, mid-18th century, Wood with polychrome lacquer painting, black lacquered corpus on gold vine decorated stand, the unopened writing board shows the wonderful illusion of a complex Chinese landscape with pavilion and pagoda architecture on overgrown headlands and mountain heights, animated by birds and Chinese, probably based on the models of William Chambers(1723-1796) work ”Desseins des edifices, meubles, habits, machines, et ustenciles des Chinois.”(London 1757) oriented, the cabinet with red lacquer writing field, which can be opened with original key, has three sheet trays staggered one behind the other in the shape of a wave and two swing-out compartmentalized storage pockets for writing utensils, The back of the noble secretary is decorated with a bouquet of flowers in a bamboo basket, typical for the time, and three more loosely breathing flower medallions, 112x60x38cm.
Category: Asiatika
Estimate price: €5,000 - €6,500
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