Rare Large Indo-Portuguese Contador Church Cabinet antique capital 5 Depth 6 Height 7

5 Depth 6 Height 7 inches

John the Baptist

Levi Lincoln

including a large

Note: the flowers are intact

Rare Large Indo-Portuguese Contador Church Cabinet antique capital 5 Depth 6 Height 7DETAILS This early, antique, rare, and very large tall chest is a form common to pieces custom made for merchants in 17th century Portuguese Indian colonies. This one features a very high, tiered cornice over an arrangement of many small drawers with fanciful shapes, featuring an applied lattice on the central doors and a waterfall, bomb shape to the lower section. It is a fabulous piece for storage of smalls. PLACE OF ORIGIN India South Asia DATE