Antique 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombe Shaped Wine Cellerette Sculpture As a four-year-old

As a four-year-old

and supplied many other crowned heads of Europe

Hu was able to pursue studies in France where he studied painting at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris

the lamp having three suspension handles punctuated with three large blue floral motifs on terracotta cartouche

to represent young elm trees

Antique 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombe Shaped Wine Cellerette Sculpture As a four-year-oldAn exceptionally rare & fine antique Dutch marquetry bombe shaped rosewood wine cellarette cooler, circa 1760. The hinged top of ogee sarcophagus form and finely inlaid with floral panels, enclosing a storage area for wine bottles. The base is of bombe shape to the front and sides, with sumptuous marquetry inlay of flowering urns with inlaid butterflies above. The base of reverse ogee shape and having corresponding marquetry inlay, the cellarette is