AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT RED AND CREAM-JAPANNED AND LACCA POVERA BUREAU CABINETPROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1740In two parts; the upper part with a scrolled arched cornice centered by a mirrored panel and surmounted by a cartouche enclosing the insignia of Pope Pius VI, the corners fitted with figures representing the four seasons, above a pair of arched mirrored cupboard doors opening to reveal a mirrored door, flanked by a pair of doors, all beneath three pigeonholes and above an arrangement of later-added short drawers; the lower part with a slant front opening to reveal three pigeonholes above one convex and two concave-fronted drawers; above four long serpentine drawers fitted with gilt-metal handles and keyhole escutcheons, the canted corners and sides with shaped pilasters continuing to outscrolled acanthus leaf-carved feet; the whole decorated in lacca povera incorporating landscapes, hunting scenes, varicolored birds and animals on cream reserves and a red lacquered ground highlighted with gilding, the cresting later painted and possibly associated, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label112 in. (284.5 cm.) high, 56 1/2 in. (143.5 cm.) wide, 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) deep