Lot 380

GI-LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX, RYOSHIBAKO
MEIJI PERIOD





Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
明治 金漆蒔絵料紙箱
the cover and sides decorated in gold and silver on a dense nashiji ground with various blossoming flowers
Dimensions
41.6cm x 14.5cm x 34cm
Provenance
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.
Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.




