Description
A Bombay lacquered wood cabinet. Ca. 1880 or later Back splat and the entire body carved all over and partly pierced with scrolling foliage and cartouches with a floral motif. On either side of the curved door a carved pillar with foliage resting on tiger heads and paws. The door lock with a key. The greenish lacquering and the red lacquering inside possibly of later date. Height 114 cm; width 97.9 cm; depth 39.9 cm Provenance Private collection, Cologne, acquired in the Belgian art trade in the 1950s/1960s Literature Compare: Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon. London 2001, p. 348-349, cat. no. 165
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A Bombay lacquered wood cabinet. Ca. 1880 or later Back splat and the entire body carved all over and partly pierced with scrolling foliage and cartouches with a floral motif. On either side of the curved door a carved pillar with foliage resting on tiger heads and paws. The door lock with a key. The greenish lacquering and the red lacquering inside possibly of later date. Height 114 cm; width 97.9 cm; depth 39.9 cm Provenance Private collection, Cologne, acquired in the Belgian art trade in the 1950s/1960s Literature Compare: Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon. London 2001, p. 348-349, cat. no. 165
