{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":33108,"auction_id":41,"set_id":66,"lot_number":"29","artist":"Folk Ilocos Cabinet","title":"\"Golden Narra\" Wood And Other Woods","starting_price":100000,"signed_dated":"Last Quarter of the 19th-Century","medium":"Wood And Other Woods","size":"H: 58” x L: 49” x W: 21”  (147 cm x 124 cm x 53 cm","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Provenance:  Ilocos region / Northern Luzon","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"This charming naive \"aparador\" / cabinet of mainly \"golden narra\"  wood from the Ilocos region is a remarkable example of folk art.  It has 2 doors with sunburst motifs in relief framed by molded  panels with 2 mock – drawers underneath decorated with incised  floral and foliate decoration (the 2 mock drawers have 2 \"boteh\"  / paisley decorations each) again framed by molded panels, the  whole surmounted by a crest of intersecting palm leaves  terminating in C – scrolls carved in relief, with crests on the 2 sides  with incised C – scrolls, the entire piece resting on 4 unusual bun  feet atop striated plinths. When the 2 doors are fully opened, one  sees a false bottom of unfinished but old \"narra\" wood which,  when lifted, reveals the storage compartment behind the 2 mock  – drawers. It is an interesting, eccentric cabinet.  Apparently, there was an enthusiastic folk wood working tradition  in the Ilocos during the last quarter of the 1800s. This unusual  cabinet is in the same artistic vein and tradition as the more  overblown Ilocano \"comodas\"/commodes; the single Ilocano  tester beds with their heedlessly naive but ornate headboards  and footboards; as well as the overly expressive, fanciful, and  exaggerated Ilocano versions of the matrimonial Manila \"Ah Tay\"  or \"kalabasa\" bed. The artistic temperament of the folk furniture  mirrored the Ilocano: robust, prudent, surefooted, but surprisingly  expressive, jolly, and fun – loving. It is only in recent years that appreciation for these improbable and  unique folk pieces has risen as contemporary taste has found them  chic and stylish; they are now in demand by collectors, antique dealers,  interior designers, tastemakers, and homeowners. Contemporary  Filipino taste — of course influenced by contemporary French taste —  now values these interesting, singular, somewhat comical, off – the –  cuff pieces over conventional Filipino antique furniture for their  uncanny ability to deliver that crucial \"Ooomph!!!\" quality to  contemporary interiors.  These types of folk furniture are usually found in the smaller old houses  in the outlying towns and villages of the Northern Luzon region. The  farther from the cities and big towns, the better. They are not usually  found in the big old houses in the provincial capitals of Vigan, Ilocos Sur  and Laoag, Ilocos Norte where local interpretations of mainstream  European furniture were preferred by the landed gentry.  -Augusto M R Gonzalez III","lot_group":"FURNITURE","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":150000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":150000,"userBid":5927,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":175200,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":31067,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/41/66/lot/29.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[70000,80000,90000,100000,110000,120000,130000,140000,150000,160000,170000,180000,190000,200000,220000,240000,260000,280000,300000,320000,340000,360000,380000,400000,450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":28,"next":30,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}