Chinese Export Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Collector’s Cabinet on Stand, 19^th Century, the delicately embellished case of octagonal upright form with hinged top opening to compartmented tray above an arrangement of 16 small drawers enclosed by two pairs of doors; raised on openwork plinth and resting on an early Georgian style parcel-gilt and black lacquered stand. Decorated top, front, sides, doors and drawer-fronts with typical repertoire of pavilion landscapes, birds, flowers and auspicious objects.

Cabinet on stand Height 44 in. Width 17 in. Depth 12 in. Height of Cabinet 16 in.

From the Starbuck East Brick, Nantucket, MA