27 - TWO-PART BUFFET with a recessed upper section and an ornate 17th-century-style pediment, crafted from molded walnut and carved with acanthus leaves, with additional carvings of birds amid floral scrolls, vine tendrils, and foliage

TWO-PART BUFFET with a recessed upper section and an ornate 17th-century-style pediment, crafted from molded walnut and carved with acanthus leaves, with additional carvings of birds amid floral scrolls, vine tendrils, and foliage It opens with four doors and two center drawers; the ornate pediment features a niche adorned with a statuette of Christ giving a blessing, surmounted by a lion’s muzzle and cascading fruit, and framed by floral scrollwork and female heads; the upper crossbar adorned with three cherub mascarons Straight legs 236 x 138 x 61.5 cm (pediment added later, legs replaced, wood-boring insect damage, particularly on the back panels)