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A LARGE HARDWOOD THREE-DRAWER COFFER, LIANSANCHU
19TH CENTURY
The top panel is of rectangular shape with everted ends above a row of three
drawers and two sets of doors. The side spandrels are elaborately carved and
pierced with stylised chilong dragons, all raised on four legs with plain aprons.
86 in. (218.5 cm.) wide, 21¿ in. (53.5 cm.) deep, 35º in. (89.7 cm.) high
£20,000-30,000 $29,000-42,000
€23,000-34,000

The cofer was used for holding and storing objects and became a popular
form during the Ming dynasty. Cofers difer in form in the numbers of
drawers they have, either one, two or three drawers, and also whether the top
ends have everted fanges or not. Wang Shixiang discusses the history of the
cofer in Chinese Furniture, Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Volume 1, Hong
Kong, 1990, pp.92-93.
Curtis Evarts discusses the evolution of the cofer in ‘The Enigmatic Altar
Cofer’, Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1994,
pp.29-44.
清十九世紀 硬木龍紋聯三櫥
來源: 西方私人珍藏

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