JAPAN, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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An Edo Period japanese export lacquered knife, spoon and fork case
Japan, third quarter 18th Century
Of European form, decorated in gold and silver hiramakie and takamakie on a black ground, on four ball-and-claw feet, the oblong case decorated with mountainous river landscape with figures at various leisurely persuits and pavilion, the cover with figures drinking tea in a pavilion near a lake with plants, trees and rocks in the foreground, applied with engraved silver blackplate, swing handles and ring handle to the silver hinged cover
34 cm. high, 27.4 cm. long

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Lot Essay

The Clive collection at Powis Castle includes a pair of similar knife-cases thought to the ''2 lacquered cases for Knives & Forks'' listed as seized by Customs in 1767 and described in the 1774 inventory as ''Two Knife-cases of the old black and gold Japan''. Like the present lot they are in fact rather different from ''old'' Japan, normally meaning that of the 17th century, and are likely to be special commissions dating from the third quarter of the 18th century. Another example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Archer, M., Rowell, C., and Skelton, R., Treasures from India - The Clive collection at Powis Castle, London, 1987, cat.no. 193.)

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