An Unusual 19th Century Lacquered Chinoiserie Coffret/Casket of rectangular form with a moulded gilt 'pagoda' lid. The black lacquered sides decorated with pagodas in landscape depicting in gilding within gilt key-pattern borders, standing on a bulge moulded serpentine cut base with swept bracket feet enriched with zoomorphic scrolls of foliage flanking lotus flower motifs. 20" (51 cm) high, 27" (69 cm) wide, 13½" (34 cm) deep.