An unusual Swiss Gothic carved stained pine buffet mid 16th century

the upper section with a crenellated cresting with tracery roundels above two doors and two shallow recesses carved with scrolling foliage above four short drawers, the lower section with a rectangular moulded top above a tracery panel with the date 1556 flanked by a cupboard door on stile feet; restorations 

Old marks, chips, scratches and gouges commensurate with age. Some of the handles on the drawers have been replaced. The lockplate on the right hand drawer on the upper section have been replaced. There are several old restorations commensurate with age. The escutcheons on the doors on the lower section and the locks have been replaced. Evidence of old insect damage especially to the front left foot as visible from the photograph. A very rare piece in overall good conserved condition. Recommended.
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Comparative Literature:
H. Kreisel, Die kunst des deutschen möbels, Von den Anfängen bis zum hochbarock, München, 1968, plate 103, for a related buffet described as Alpenlandisch, first half 16th century formerly in the Früher Münchner Kunsthandel (Julius Böhler), reproduced here in fig.1.