Lot 62
62
A JAPANESE COPPER-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER CABINET
A JAPANESE COPPER-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER CABINET
A JAPANESE COPPER-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER CABINET
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A JAPANESE COPPER-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER CABINET

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY)

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A JAPANESE COPPER-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER CABINET
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
The doors decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with pavilions amongst pine trees within watery landscapes, opening to reveal an arrangement of ten drawers decorated with pine, plum and bamboo amongst other flowers, the sides with floral sprays and carrying handles, engraved copper fittings, on a later giltwood stand
60 ½ in. (161 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Peter King, 5th Earl of Lovelace (1951-2018), Torridon, Inverness, possibly moved from one of the family's other properties either Ockham Park or their London residence 12 St. James's Square until
sold Lyon & Turnbull, 28 October 2015, lot 54.
Special notice
Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 I Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.

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Lot Essay


This cabinet is closely related to a number of Japanese cabinets (on English stands) which entered the Spencer collections at Althorp circa 1744 via Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), who left her considerable personal inheritance to her favourite grandson, the Hon. John Spencer (1708-1746), father of the 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783). Sarah Churchill, no doubt influenced by her exposure at Court to Queen Mary's fabled collections at Kensington Palace and Hampton Court, was a great collector of lacquer-ware and her remarkable collection of 'exotic' wares and all manner of 'Japan' are tantalisingly recorded in a series of little-known inventories dating from the late 17th Century. There is one Japanese cabinet in particular with near identical engraved copper fittings to those on this lot, which is now located in the Spencer Gallery at Althorp.

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