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Altar Coffer

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Altar Coffer

Period:: late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing (1644–1911) dynasty
Date:: 17th–18th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Wood (huanghuli or Dalbergia odorifera)
Dimensions:: H. 30 in. (76.2 cm); W. 73 in. (185.4 cm); D. 21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm)
Classification:: Furniture
Credit Line:: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in honor of Miss Alice Boney, 1976
Accession Number:: 1976.344a–d

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Description

This coffer originally served as an ancestral altar. The undivided compartment beneath the three drawers provided storage space for hanging scrolls and other long objects related to ancestral worship.
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What
Furniture (5,724)

Altars (103)

Coffers (38)
Where
Asia (68,122)

China (17,349)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,116)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,187)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central and North Asia, 1600–1800 A.D.

China, 1600–1800 A.D.
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