Domestic altar to be used in the house of a well off family. 'Upright and oblong...made of wood, panelled, with folding doors and engraved metal hinges, etc. The interior is richly gilt, and contains a representation of a temple, with graduated pagoda roof, and double row of colums in elaborately carved wood, gilt, and ornamented with chased bands. Below this is a space partly occupied by Kylins carved in wood, under which is a deeper space, with three groups of birds, forming drawers. At the top there is a lintel of wood, with chrysanthemums in carved open work, gilt. There is an inner set of folding latticed doors fitted with gauze and carved panels, in open work, of birds etc. In the exterior base are three drawers.'
