Live Auction 21921The Robin and Rupert Hambro Collection
A NORTH-EAST INDIAN BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER OCTAGONAL TRIPOD TABLE
Lot 12

A NORTH-EAST INDIAN BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER OCTAGONAL TRIPOD TABLE

MID-19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PATNA OR BAREILLY

Closed8 June 2023

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GBP 756

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A NORTH-EAST INDIAN BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER OCTAGONAL TRIPOD TABLE
MID-19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PATNA OR BAREILLY
The top on a baluster shaft and silhouette-cut downswept supports, probably slightly reduced in height, three paper labels to the underside, variously numbered
27 1/2 in. (70 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide

Specialist note


For a discussion and further examples of the painted (or 'lackered') furniture produced in North-East India from the mid-18th century, which closely resembles lacquered furniture produced for export in China, particularly Canton, see A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, pp. 267-271.