Noble & Private Collections Including Jewels from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger & Christopher Cone

the tops inlaid with brass stringing and star-form motifs centred with ebony, rotating 90° to reveal an inner well and unfolding to reveal a surface lined with sand-coloured baize, the friezes with gilt-metal mounts to the corners in the form of lions' heads, the friezes inlaid with brass anthemia, on sabre legs iwth gilt-metal rosettes and foliate cappings, on brass castors

the tops inlaid with brass stringing and star-form motifs centred with ebony, rotating 90° to reveal an inner well and unfolding to reveal a surface lined with sand-coloured baize, the friezes with gilt-metal mounts to the corners in the form of lions' heads, the friezes inlaid with brass anthemia, on sabre legs iwth gilt-metal rosettes and foliate cappings, on brass castors 73.7cm high, 91.5cm wide, 45cm deep when closed, 90.5cm deep when opened; 29in., 36in., closed 17 ¾ in., opened 35 ⅝ in.

View 1 of Lot 141: A pair of Regency calamander, ebony and brass-inlaid card tables, circa 1810, attributed to George Oakley

a pair of regency calamander, ebony and brass-inlaid card tables, circa 1810, attributed to george oakley

Asian Art / 5000 Years

comprising among others: -Arts of Asia, May–June 1991. -Chinese Furniture, selected articles from Orientations, 1984–1999. -Christie’s, a group of 11 catalogues -Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong University Press, 1963 (2 copies). -Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1982. -MD Flacks Ltd., a group of 15 catalogues and volumes, including Classical Chinese Furniture, Vols. IV–VII. -Nicolas Grindley, 3 exhibition catalogues (1999–2001). -Musée Guimet, Ming: The Golden Age of Chinese Furniture, Collection Lu Ming Shi, 2003. -Grace Wu Bruce, a group of 12 publications and exhibition catalogues. -John Kwang-Ming Ang, The Beauty of Huanghuali Furniture, 1997. -Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, 20 issues, 1991–1994. -George N. Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, New York, 1948. -Clarence W. Kelleher, Chinese Gold and Silver from the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618–907) in American Collections, Ohio, 1984. -Sotheby’s, a group of 12 catalogues -Sandra Lok Fu Chin, Classical Chinese Wood Furniture, San Francisco, 1992. -Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture – Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Beijing, 1985. -Wang Shixiang and Curtis Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995.

View 1 of Lot 317: A reference library of books, catalogues and journals on Chinese huanghuali furniture

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