Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Liquor Wine Cabinet Chest on Stand Cherubs 1880 Paintings 1990: 10 Visual Arts Award

1990: 10 Visual Arts Award

the mural created a major furor from the conservative art public

the base with a shaped skirt

with an elephant and tiger

Sadly the city was destroyed by ISIS in 2015

Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Liquor Wine Cabinet Chest on Stand Cherubs 1880 Paintings 1990: 10 Visual Arts AwardA very fine antique Italian Florentine Renaissance Revival carved cabinet on stand, circa 1880. The cabinet has some of the finest carvings we have seen on a late 19th century cabinet, In two sections. The top with a stepped crown and a carved 'brickwork' band below, the hinged front (with original lock & key) is flanked by a pair of carved nude caryatid supports. The drop front is lavishly carved with a Bacchanalian scene of cherubs with a lion cub,