A FINE AND LARGE TIELIMU THREE-DRAWER ALTAR COFFER, LIANSANCHU

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A FINE AND LARGE TIELIMU THREE-DRAWER ALTAR COFFER, LIANSANCHU
17TH CENTURY

The unusually long framed top with two equal panels and 'ice-plate' edge, supported on the recessed, slightly splayed square legs with rounded outer corners, the row of three drawers with arch-shaped ornamentation and baitong fittings, the bail handles backed by square escutcheons, the lower row of three narrow panels carved with long quatrefoils and the beaded, plain apron with 'apron-head' spandrels, a round stretcher joining front and back legs at each end, the front flanked by two shaped spandrels, all parts, including the drawer interiors and back, of original tielimu, with characteristic grain of wide feathery pattern--53¼in. (135.3cm.) high, 86in. (218.4cm.) wide, 23¾in. (60.3cm.) deep