A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-1
A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-2
A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-3
A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-4
A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-1A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-2A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-3A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets. - image-4

Lot 524 Dα

A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 70.000 € - 80.000 €

A pair of ormolu mounted lacquered corner cabinets.

Of triangular section comprised of two parts, the upper sections with two doors, the lower sections with two drawers. The fronts incorporating parts of a coromandel screen with later European additions. Signed to the leaf of the lower cabinet "1750 (...) Wienn (...)" above a 1. The leaf of the second lower cabinet marked 2. The two upper cabinets with printed labels reading "P.J.G.J.". The surfaces restored, shrinkage cracks. H 241.5, W 108, widest depth 75 cm.
The lacquer partly Kangxi period Chinese, the cabinets Europe, mid 18th C.

Provenance

Traditionally thought to originate from the Saxon royal household
Auctioned by Koller, Zurich, 17th July 2008
Both cabinets with unidentified inventory labels