17TH CENTURY

Several canopy beds of related form with various lattice-work designs framed by the rails are published by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 134-5, nos. C15-17. A four-poster canopy bed in tiger maple, dated to the 18th century, from the collection of Gangolf Geis, was sold in these rooms, 18 September 2003, lot 28.