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Lot Essay
The use of the daybed was manifold - during the day, it served as a sitting platform; at night a bed. For a general discussion on daybeds, see R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, pp. 90-1.
With construction typical of Shanxi province, the proportions of this bed suggest strength and grandeur, and may have been employed in a private gentleman's study or scholar's studio. It is interesting to note the drum-shaped pads, which elevate the daybed from the floor, and lend to the overall design. This unusual feature relates to Chinese architecture, where stone drum-shaped pedestals would be used to support round wooden columns, in order to protect them from wet and rot. A yumu luohanchuang from the Shanxi region, illustrated by. C. Evarts, C. L. Ma Collection: Traditional Chinese Furniture from the Greater Shanxi Region, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 144-5, no. 51, is also supported on C-form legs above drum-form pads. The crisply defined hooves on the present lot may also be compared to another yumu luohanchuang illustrated ibid., pp. 142-3, no. 50.
With construction typical of Shanxi province, the proportions of this bed suggest strength and grandeur, and may have been employed in a private gentleman's study or scholar's studio. It is interesting to note the drum-shaped pads, which elevate the daybed from the floor, and lend to the overall design. This unusual feature relates to Chinese architecture, where stone drum-shaped pedestals would be used to support round wooden columns, in order to protect them from wet and rot. A yumu luohanchuang from the Shanxi region, illustrated by. C. Evarts, C. L. Ma Collection: Traditional Chinese Furniture from the Greater Shanxi Region, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 144-5, no. 51, is also supported on C-form legs above drum-form pads. The crisply defined hooves on the present lot may also be compared to another yumu luohanchuang illustrated ibid., pp. 142-3, no. 50.