Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session Two
Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 96 730
About this Item
A black japanned and chinoiserie decorated brass-mounted cabinet-on-stand, 19th century
the rectangular top above a pair of doors enclosing an arrangement of short and long drawers, in sizes, the sides applied with later brass carrying- handles, the whole painted and lacquered with Chinese figures, birds and animals, restorations, the associated stand centred by an eagle perched on a bough of flowerheads flanked by acanthus leaves, raised on c-scroll and foliate cabriole legs headed by flowerheads on acanthus-headed scroll feet, re-gilded, 173cm high, 114,5cm wide, 57cm deep