AN OTTOMAN WHITE AND GOLD-PAINTED WOODEN CRADLE
Ottoman Turkey, 18th - early 19th century

AN OTTOMAN WHITE AND GOLD-PAINTED WOODEN CRADLE
Ottoman Turkey, 18th - early 19th century

Of typical elongated cylindrical shape, resting on two wide rocking chair feet, painted in white and gold, the panels at either ends carved in relief with Western Neo-Classical motifs including a thick bunch of acanthus leaves on the base, and a crown of roses and laurel leaves against a radiating solar motif at the top, further vegetal festoons and foliate sprays on the outer borders and sides, both ends joined at the top by a tubular post decorated with foliage and flowers, the base replaced, 62cm x 103cm x 70.5cm.

For similar examples offered at auctions in London in recent years, please see Sotheby's London, 1 April 2009, lot 185; and Bonhams London, 24 April 2018, lot 211.

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Dimensions: 62cm x 103cm x 70.5cm