THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

A Lacquer Chest for the European Market from Drayton House, Northamptonshire
Edo period (mid-17th century)
Of rectangular form with a flat, slightly projecting hinged lid and an integral plinth, the exterior black lacquer with decoration on gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, the back with a very sparse vine design, the other external surfaces with ho-o birds, camellias, chrysanthemums, pines and rustic dwellings, the design on each side except the back enclosed by a border of formal ornament imitating the earlier shell-inlaid style, the interior plain red lacquer, with good-quality gilt metal fittings and an elaborate steel key, on a late 17th-century English Japanned wood frame supported by Ionic-voluted feet wrapped in Roman acanthus
42 x 96 x 47cm. excluding stand

Provenance
Drayton House, in the 1710 inventory drawn up for Sir John and Lady Germain

Published
J. Alfred Gotch, The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Northamptonshire (London, 1936), p. 69
N.V. Stopford Sackville, Drayton House (London, 1939)

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.