A JAPANESE LACQUERED BRASS-MOUNTED BLACK, AUBERGINE AND GILT LACQUER CHEST, the hinged rectangular top decorated with ducks within a coastal landscape and enclosing a later calico-lined interior, within gilt parcels, the front with conforming decoration, one side decorated with ducks on a promonotory, the other with a cockerel, on a George III giltwood stand with square legs and later ebonised block feet, the chest third quarter 17th Century with extensive restorations to panels, some redecoration