晚明清初 黃花梨悶戶櫥|Altar coffer

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17th–18th century · Wood (huanghuli or Dalbergia odorifera) · Asian Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th–18th century

Medium

Wood (huanghuli or Dalbergia odorifera)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in honor of Miss Alice Boney, 1976