A RARE ARMORIAL BLACK AND GILT LACQUER FITTED GAMING BOX AND COVER Early 19th century The cover delicately painted with bands of flowers in a zig-zag pattern, a central roundel containing a coat-of-arms with a griffin, the interior filled with five trays and five boxes and covers each containing differently-shaped mother-of-pearl counters. 37cm (14 3/5in) wide. (17). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十九世紀早期 黑漆描金徽章紋籌碼盒 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.114. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號114 The present lot is thought to have been the property of Major General the Hon. Henry Craven (1776-1836), the brother of the 1st Earl of Craven, who was a noted gambler. The bold zig-zag design of this box is associated with the Kodai-ji style of lacquer. See a dressing mirror and table, circa 1790, with similar zig-zag gold lacquer decoration, illustrated in Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800, London, 2004, p.243. See also C.Clunas, Chinese Carving, London, 1996, p.32, fig.26, for similar gaming counters dated to around 1775. A related games box is illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.III, London, 2016, no.2048. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com