QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

Details

A HUANGHUALI AND HUANGHUALI-VENEERED THREE-DRAWER COFFER
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
34 ½ in. (87.6 cm.) high, 85 ¼ in. (216.5 cm.) wide, 21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm.) deep

Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.
The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Important Chinese Furniture; Christie's New York, 20 September 2002, lot 51.

Literature

Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S Y Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 114-115, cat. 44.

Exhibited

Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 September-24 November 1991.
Asian Civilisations Museum, National Heritage Board, Singapore, 1996-1999.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A smaller three-drawer huanghuali altar coffer, but with a similarly carved openwork corner spandrels and more elaborately carved apron was sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2022, lot 1193. Another smaller three-drawer coffer formerly in the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1207. 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.

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