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Chinese eight-panel screen
Estimate €20.000–30.000
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An Indo-Portuguese Contador
Estimate €10.500–15.000
Description
Teak and sisso.
With seventeen drawers simulating nineteen.
Drawer fronts with geometric inlaid decoration of micromosaics in ivory and stained woods.
Top and sides with relief and carved decoration with scrollwork.
Sides lacquered in black and gold depicting hunting scenes.
Lock escutcheons in cut metal.
17th/18th century.
(wear signs, losses and defects, restorations)
36x74.5x33 cm
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