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A LARGE HARDWOOD THREE-DRAWER COFFER, LIANSANCHU The cofer was used for holding and storing objects and became a popular
19TH CENTURY form during the Ming dynasty. Cofers difer in form in the numbers of
The top panel is of rectangular shape with everted ends above a row of three drawers they have, either one, two or three drawers, and also whether the top
drawers and two sets of doors. The side spandrels are elaborately carved and ends have everted fanges or not. Wang Shixiang discusses the history of the
pierced with stylised chilong dragons, all raised on four legs with plain aprons. cofer in Chinese Furniture, Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Volume 1, Hong
35º in. high x 86 in. wide x 21¿ in. deep, (89.7 x 218.5 x 53.5 cm) Kong, 1990, pp.92-93.
£12,000-18,000 $16,000-24,000
€14,000-20,000 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: 重要私人珍藏

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