Minneapolis Institute of Art

Clothes Trunk

China

Date: c. 1650
Medium: Huanghuali hardwood and paktung hardware
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Although once quite common, very few hardwood storage trunks have survived intact. Given its size, this one was likely used to store articles of clothing and was kept in residential quarters, especially the bedrooms of upper class households. China, Asia

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