The cabinet Chinese, early 18th Century, the giltwood stand 19th Century, probably English in George II style The cabinet inlaid in iridescent shell flakes tinted pink, turquoise, cream and silvery-white with an elaborate scene of a hunt, fur-hatted huntsmen wearing northern Chinese style clothing and brandishing lances and bows, small boar and other quarry moving through densely-wooded groves with gilt-lacquer trees issuing clusters of shell leaves, the design on the top, sides and two front doors, the interior set with eighteen graduated drawers and standing on a wavy frieze, all on an elaborate giltwood base with central Neptune mask and classical busts at the shoulder of the low serpentine 'claw and ball' legs (lacquer and inlay retouched), the cabinet 84.5cm.(33 1/4in.) wide, overall height on base 154cm.(60 1/2in.) high
The cabinet Chinese, early 18th Century, the giltwood stand 19th Century, probably English in George II style The cabinet inlaid in iridescent shell flakes tinted pink, turquoise, cream and silvery-white with an elaborate scene of a hunt, fur-hatted huntsmen wearing northern Chinese style clothing and brandishing lances and bows, small boar and other quarry moving through densely-wooded groves with gilt-lacquer trees issuing clusters of shell leaves, the design on the top, sides and two front doors, the interior set with eighteen graduated drawers and standing on a wavy frieze, all on an elaborate giltwood base with central Neptune mask and classical busts at the shoulder of the low serpentine 'claw and ball' legs (lacquer and inlay retouched), the cabinet 84.5cm.(33 1/4in.) wide, overall height on base 154cm.(60 1/2in.) high
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