An Italian chinoiserie lacquered and parcel-gilt vitrine cabinet by Luigi Zampini and dated 1861, Florentine. Photo Sotheby's

the upper section with a pierced cresting carved with scrolls, stylised Greek key motif and painted with flowers and foliage above a glazed door and canted glazed sides with fretwork at the angles, the interior decorated with sprays of foliage, the lower section in the form of a plinth with canted corner and sides with raised panels the exterior with reserves of chinoiserie figures and pagodas and birds amongst landscapes; 258cm high., 135cm wide., 54cm deep; 8ft. 5½in., 4ft. 5¼in., 1ft. 9¼in. Estimation 6,000 — 10,000 GBP

Sotheby's. Arts of Europe, London | 15 mai 2014 - http://www.sothebys.com/