Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection
Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection
A Pair of George II Giltwood Pier Mirrors in the Manner of William Kent, Circa 1730
Auction Closed
June 18, 08:33 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 100,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
of architectural form, the bevelled rectangular plate within a sanded frame with reel-and-bead and egg-and-dart moulded border and foliate carved decoration, surmounted by a broken pediment with a punched ground and a scrolled and acanthus carved cartouche, the pediment with conforming egg-and-dart decoration and a leaf-carved moulded edge above a frieze centred with a lion mask issuing from tied palm fronds and flanked by foliate clasps, the sides hung with foliate trails, the shaped apron centred with a carved shell, re-gilt
height 59 ½ in.; width 34 in.
151.1 cm; 86.4 cm
Christie's New York, 17 October 1981, lot 190;
Sir Joseph Hotung, London;
Sotheby's London, The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung, 7 December 2022, lot 10.
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