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A massive huanghuali couch-bed Ming dynasty, 17th century | 明十七世紀 黃花梨榻
Auction Closed
June 16, 02:39 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A massive huanghuali couch-bed
Ming dynasty, 17th century
the rectangular frame enclosing a soft-mat sleeping surface surmounting a constricted waist and a shaped apron carved with a pair of chilong confronting interlocking lingzhi scrolls, the shorter sides similarly carved with a central stylised scroll, all supported on four thick square-sectioned cabriole legs terminating in scrolled feet and further carved with lingzhi sprays
198 x 88 x 50,5 cm, 78 by 34 5/8 by 19 7/8 in.
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Lit en huanghuali, dynastie Ming, XVIIe siècle
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明十七世紀 黃花梨榻
Old huanghuali furniture have often been restored or converted in the past centuries to spare the precious wood. The present bed is likely to be the lower section of a larger canopy bed, now reduced in width and adapted as a couch-bed, Luohan chuang.