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Lot Essay
An example of this type of coffer is depicted in a woodblock print from the Lu Ban Jing and illustrated by K. Ruitenbeek, Carpentry & Building in Late Imperial China: A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter’s Manual Lu Ban Jing, 1993, the Netherlands, p. 20, Juan II: 43. The coffer is shown in a lady’s dressing room and supports a mirror stand with openwork panels (fig. 1).
Compare to a three-drawer coffer with similar proportions and openwork dragon spandrels, illustrated in Ming Furniture, Ltd., 1987, p. 15, no. 12. See, also, a three-drawer altar coffer illustrated by Robert Ellsworth in Chinese Hardwood Furniture: Examples From the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 163, pl. 61. For a discussion of this form, refer to Curtis Everts, "The Enigmatic Altar Coffer," Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1994, pp. 29-44.
Compare to a three-drawer coffer with similar proportions and openwork dragon spandrels, illustrated in Ming Furniture, Ltd., 1987, p. 15, no. 12. See, also, a three-drawer altar coffer illustrated by Robert Ellsworth in Chinese Hardwood Furniture: Examples From the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 163, pl. 61. For a discussion of this form, refer to Curtis Everts, "The Enigmatic Altar Coffer," Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1994, pp. 29-44.