Lot 245

CEYLONESE MACASSAR EBONY CHEST OF DRAWERS
GALLE DISTRICT, CIRCA 1830

Auction: 5 March 2014 at 11:00 GMT
£9,375
Description
the rectangular top with a wavy moulded edge over four long graduated drawers with serpentine panel fronts, raised on a scroll carved apron raised on short cabriole legs with scrolled toes
Dimensions
118cm wide, 97cm high, 61cm deep
Footnote
Note:
Comparative LIterature:
Jaffer, A., 'Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum', Timeless Books, 2001
Veenendaal, J., 'Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India During the Dutch Period', Foundation Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, 1985
Amin Jaffer 'Furniture from British India and Ceylon'
