An export-lacquer chest on a stand
The chest Japanese, Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1640-1690; the stand English, mid-18th century
The chest of standard kiste form with flat hinged top projecting slightly beyond the sides, the front, top and sides decorated in silver takamaki-e lacquer with expansive Chinese landscape scenes in the manner of contemporary screen painting, the interior plain black lacquer, the fittings of gilt copper, on an English gilt-wood stand with foliate scroll- and shell-carved rails, the cabriole legs with shell-carved knees. The chest: 68cm x 136cm x 52cm (26¾in x 53½in x 20½in); the stand: 70cm x 146cm x 35.5cm (27 9/16in x 57½in 14in).
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