A PAIR OF JAPANESE PAGODA-FORM GILT-METAL-MOUNTED, BLACK AND GILT LACQUER TABLE CASKETS

Lot 7
29.11.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 94 500
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Lot 7 | A PAIR OF JAPANESE PAGODA-FORM GILT-METAL-MOUNTED, BLACK AND GILT LACQUER TABLE CASKETS
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE PAGODA-FORM GILT-METAL-MOUNTED, BLACK AND GILT LACQUER TABLE CASKETS

17TH CENTURY

Decorated with river landscapes with stilted pavilions and storks in gold maki-e lacquering, the angles with floral-decorated gilt-metal mounts, each casket with hinged lid with sliding top panel enclosing a compartment, the covers each with an internal central vacant mirror recess above a nashiji-lacquer interior, one end panel sliding to reveal a concealed drawer to the base, the canted angles with turned pilasters on turned feet

10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) deep





Provenance

Possibly Mary Sandys, Marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent.



Literature

A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - III', Country Life, 16 January 1953, p. 135, pl. 3.

Ombersley Court Inventory, 1963, in 'The Chinese Chippendale Room'.
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