ID 1030768
Lot 238 | A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER COFFER ON A GEORGE II GILTWOOD STAND
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
CIRCA 1730
The rectangular hinged top and case decorated with pagodas and buildings within a mountain and river landscape, the stand centered by a stylized shell and raised on spread-winged eagles and previously but possibly not originally with a black and gilt decorative scheme
36 ½ in. (92.7 cm.) high, 60 in. (152.4 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly supplied to the 2nd Duke of Manchester for Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire;
Thence by descent to the 10th Duke, sold Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley, 18-21 July 1949, lot 310.
With Mallett, London.
Supplied by Parish-Hadley, New York, to Ann and Gordon Getty in 1977.
Literature
'Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, a Seat of the Duke of Manchester, Country Life, 23 September 1911, pp. 440-448 (Part I) and 30 September 1911, pp. 474-486 (Part II).
H.A. Tipping and C. Hussey, English Homes, Period IV - Vol. II, 1699-1736, Country Life, London, 1928, pp. 113-118.
F. Lenygon, Furniture in England from 1660-1760, London, 1914, p. 202, fig. 422.
L. Synge, Mallett's Great English Furniture, Boston, 1991, p. 68, fig. 65.
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
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