Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Decorative Arts A rare antique mosque lamp

A rare antique mosque lamp in the Mamluk tradition

To the background is a procession of city officials some on horseback amidst grand buildings in a Florentine square

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This bowl was first drawn by Lalique in 1933 and is decorated with a crown of "Marguerites" in relief around the neck of the bowl

Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Decorative Arts A rare antique mosque lampA very rare antique Dutch Colonial V. O. C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau desk on stand, Batavia, circa 1730. This desk in the Queen Anne style was made in the Dutch East Indies, known as Batavia (now Indonesia) under the Colonial Dutch. The desk is made from padouk (Amboyna) and ebony wood, the desk having an ebony 'rippled' gallery to the top that follows the outline of the desk. The paneled fall front with a pierced work escutcheon &