17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI KANG COFFER, KANGGUI
17TH CENTURY
Of solid construction typical of northern or north-central Chinese manufacture, and low, rectangular form, the panel top with 'ice-plate' edge terminating in everted flanges above two drawers with chrysanthemum-mounted pull rings, and a deep, thickly beaded, curvilinear apron with a central floral bud carving and similar flanges, the legs of rectangular section
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high, 54½ in. (138.4 cm.) wide, 16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

See a three-drawer kang coffer in nanmu of similar construction from Shanxi province, illustrated by N. Berliner and S. Handler, Friends of the House: Furniture from China's Towns and Villages, Peabody Essex Museum, 1995, pp. 92-3, no. 27.

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