Lansena

A Baliuag ‘Masitera’ lansena

 

Estimate: PHP 100,000 - 110,000

 

1st quarter, 20th century

Bulacan

Narra, brass / glass mounts

195 x 127 x 54 cm (77 x 50 x 21 in)

 

A ‘lansena’ or hutch is a dining room sideboard for utensils, silvers and cutlery, etc., surmounted by open shelving to display fancy dinner plates and other tableware. Flanked by turned urn finials on either side and a row of struts below, the crown is a sinuous calado of pierced ‘masitera’ carvings – a motif that features scrolling foliates and flowers crawling from a pot. S-scroll brackets connect the upper part to the cupboard below with drawers and a cabinet, the doors of which are carved with pinwheels and oval center. The yellow-orange color of the wood and openness of the design accord this piece a light and easy provincial feel.

 

Lot 92 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 26 November 2022. Please see salcedoauctions.com/auction/under-the-tree-the-wish-list-... for more details.

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