A CHINESE-EXPORT BRASS-MOUNTED BLACK, RED AND GILT-LACQUER COFFER
LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With hinged top, decorated with figures crossing a bridge heightened in mother-of-pearl, within a gilt border and the front with similar decoration, with carrying-handles to the sides, the underside of the top decorated with animals, bamboo and vine foliage on a speckled surround, the reverse decorated with foliage, the borders redecorated
20½ in. (52.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (153 cm.) wide; 29½ in. (75 cm.) deep
A CHINESE-EXPORT BRASS-MOUNTED BLACK, RED AND GILT-LACQUER COFFER
LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With hinged top, decorated with figures crossing a bridge heightened in mother-of-pearl, within a gilt border and the front with similar decoration, with carrying-handles to the sides, the underside of the top decorated with animals, bamboo and vine foliage on a speckled surround, the reverse decorated with foliage, the borders redecorated
20½ in. (52.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (153 cm.) wide; 29½ in. (75 cm.) deep
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