A GEORGE II SCARLET, GILT AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED COFFER-ON-STAND

Lot 625
23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 625 | A GEORGE II SCARLET, GILT AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED COFFER-ON-STAND
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
A GEORGE II SCARLET, GILT AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED COFFER-ON-STAND

ATTRIBUTED TO GILES GRENDEY, CIRCA 1735

With a domed lid decorated with horse riders, attendants, dogs and birds, within a landscape with lush flowers and pavilions, with apparently original brass lock plate and carrying handles on each side, refreshment and strengthening to red ground, the back right bracket chalked, 'vieux mandia' underneath, the interior decorated in nashijji, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

36 in. (91.4 cm.) high, 41 1/4 in. (104.8 cm.) wide, 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm.) deep





Provenance

Acquired from Mallett, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1983.



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