FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART 1-58 Lot 24 A Gonçalo alves tripod table, 19th century, French, the crossbanded and brass-bound octagonal top raised on a faceted column support and scrolling legs, 51cm diameter 72cm high £300 - 500 Lot 25 An Anglo-Indian sandalwood and ivory miniature bureau cabinet, c.1780-1790, Vizagapatam, the upper section fitted with drawers and fitted cupboards opening to reveal drawers and pigeonholes within, over a fall front writing slope and further drawers, decorated all-over with penwork scenes of English country houses, landscapes and birds set within deep foliate borders, 61cm wide 27cm deep 71cm high £5,000 - 8,000
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Literature: Amin Jaffer, ‘Furniture from British India and Ceylon’, 2001, for other very similar examples.
25 Lot 26 A colonial rosewood high-backed chair, c.1860, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the back with an arching crest over a pierced and carved foliate panel, a drop-in seat and on carved scrolling cabriole legs, 70cm wide 60cm deep 140cm high £400 - 600
Lot 27 An ivory-veneered games box, 19th century, Anglo-Indian, Vizagapatam, the folding playing surface with alternating horn squares, within a foliate penwork-decorated border, enclosing a sandalwood, ebony and ivory backgammon board to the interior, 46cm wide 23.5cm deep 10.5cm high closed £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 27A An Anglo-Indian ivory tea caddy, .1810-1820, Vizagapatam, of sarcophagus form and decorated with penwork foliate borders, opening to reveal two fitted canisters and a recess for a mixing bowl, 30cm wide 16cm deep £400 - 600
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