MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI LUOHAN BED, LUOHANCHUANG
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The mat seat is set within a rectangular frame above the narrow waist with plain, beaded aprons supported by solid square legs terminating in hoof-shaped feet. The railings are attractively carved with a lattice design forming an interlinked wan pattern.
30 3/4 in. (78 cm.) high, 78 1/4 in. (200 cm.) wide, 38 in. (96.5 cm) deep

Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1998

Literature

National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, pp. 108-109.

Exhibited

Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 26 June-5 September 1999.
Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-2019.

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Lot Essay

When comparing with Luohan beds from the Ming dynasty constructed with solid back and arm railings, the current example with interlinked mitred members is relatively rare. A closely related luohanchuang with similarly designed back and arm railings but with straight square legs, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Ming Furniture – An Asian Private Collection, 6 April 2016, lot 109.

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