A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT-LACQUERED BUREAU-CABINET

A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT-LACQUERED BUREAU-CABINET
CIRCA 1730-40, PROBABLY FOR THE NORTH EUROPEAN MARKET
Decorated overall with chinoiserie figures in landscapes, flowers and foliage, with a shaped arched cornice centred by a shell above a pair of mirrored doors, the stepped architectural interior fitted with an arrangement of drawers, recesses and document slides behind pierced sliding panels, the fall-front enclosing an interior of twelve drawers and two upright document drawers around a central prospect door, and with three long drawers and block feet, with reeded angles and the sides similarly decorated with landscapes, the mirror plate and inner panels to the doors later, restorations to the lacquer
94 in. (239 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 June 1987, lot 188.
Supplied by Mark Hampton to Diana Dollar Knowles.
Property from the Estate of Diana Dollar Knowles; sold Christie’s, New York, 21 October 2014, lot 121 (sold after sale).
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 28 November 2017, lot 38.