λ A mid-17th century Flemish Antwerp ebonised and tortoiseshell cabinet on stand

λ A mid-17th century Flemish Antwerp ebonised and tortoiseshell cabinet on stand, painted with twelve panels in the manner of Hans Jordaens III, the exterior later gilt decorated with flowers on a lattice ground and with chinoiserie panels of figures, birds and trees, the hinged top revealing a painted panel with figures on a path with three caparisoned horses, above a later panel and a vacant interior, with a pair of panelled doors enclosing a tortoiseshell and ripple moulded interior with eight drawers painted with rural landscapes and village scenes, with figures in various country pursuits including: hunting, a shepherd tending his flock, figures in a carriage, a man on a river bank fishing, flanking an architectural centre with a brass balustrade deep drawer above an arched panel door, painted with figures walking along a tree lined avenue with their dogs, enclosing a bone and ebony parquetry mirrored niche with gilt arches, flanked by Corinthian columns and above a drawer decorated with a harvest scene, the insides of the doors painted with panels, the left with wealthy figures on horseback giving money to beggars in a landscape setting, the right with figures playing instruments before a moated country house, fitted with a long drawer with lion's mask ring handles, the stand with a shaped apron, on cabriole legs and pad feet, the back with a handwritten paper label 'Mrs Harold Louth Lincolnshire, To the … Mr J Smith … London', 149.5cm high, 106.5cm wide, 54cm deep.