A GEORGE II SCARLET AND GILT-JAPANNED BUREAU-CABINET
Decorated overall with groups of Chinese figures in landscapes with trees, pagodas and pavilions, some figures mounted on horses or elephants, others in horse-drawn chariots, with a broken arched pediment above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior of drawers, pigeon holes and document slides around another central mirrored door and marbelised columns, and with two candle slides, the fall front revealing a similarly fitted and decorated interior above a well, with two short and two long drawers below and shaped bracket feet, restorations, the decoration refreshed, metalwork replaced
91¹⁄₂ in. (232 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 20¹⁄₄ in. (52 cm.) deep
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Decorated overall with groups of Chinese figures in landscapes with trees, pagodas and pavilions, some figures mounted on horses or elephants, others in horse-drawn chariots, with a broken arched pediment above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior of drawers, pigeon holes and document slides around another central mirrored door and marbelised columns, and with two candle slides, the fall front revealing a similarly fitted and decorated interior above a well, with two short and two long drawers below and shaped bracket feet, restorations, the decoration refreshed, metalwork replaced
91¹⁄₂ in. (232 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 20¹⁄₄ in. (52 cm.) deep