Japanese export lacquer chest of drawers
Japanese Export, Circa 1800
Japanese export lacquer chest of drawers, with European metal feet and mounts and later marble top. Circa 1800.
Height 37" (94cm).Width 41" (1,04m).Depth 19¾" (50cm).
This chest relates closely to two signed secretaire cabinets in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam (see Oliver Impey and Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer, 1580-1850, 2005, pp. 58, 219, and 266-267).
