QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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.