A Flemish gilt-bronze and silvered metal-mounted ivory inlaid tortoiseshell ebony and ebonised cabinet, Antwerp , circa 1650. Photo Sotheby's

the raised top above a pair of panelled doors opening to reveal a pair of doors with raised geometric and heart shaped motifs at each angle, the central doors surmounted by a broken pediment opening to reveal a mirrored interior with a geometrically inlaid floor with a drawer above and below, flanked by a bank of five drawers each with raised bosses the frieze with two drawers each inlaid to form a backgammon board, with a handle on each side, the whole applied with ripple-cut mouldings on a later stand with six spirally turned legs joined by flat stretchers on bun feet (not illustrated) cabinet; 102cm. high, 119.5cm. wide, 48cm. deep; 3ft. 4¼in., 3ft. 11in., 1ft. 7in., stand 81cm. high, 126cm. wide, 50cm. deep; 2ft. 7¾in., 4ft. 1½in., 1ft. 7¾in. Estimate 10,000-15,000 GBP

Sotheby's. Arts of Europe. London | 10 Jul 2013, 02:00 PM www.sothebys.com