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308TP
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).

£8,000 - 12,000
JPY1,200,000 - 1,800,000
US$11,000 - 16,000

Provenance
An English private collection, and thence by descent.

For the suggested date of the chest, compare a very similar but
somewhat smaller example formerly at Chatsworth House, decorated
like the present lot in silver rather than gold lacquer and without formal
borders to the landscape designs, sold at Christie’s, London, 23 June
1983, lot 63; see Oliver Impey and Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Japanese
Export Lacquer: 1580-1850, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, 2005,
p.145, no.306.

186 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.