A TIELIMU LUOHAN BED WITH MARBLE PANELS, LUOHANCHUANG

Details

A TIELIMU LUOHAN BED WITH MARBLE PANELS, LUOHANCHUANG
17TH CENTURY

The soft-mat seat enclosed by the rectangular frame supported on a narrow waist and straight apron above powerfully curved C-form legs of square section terminating in hoof feet, the back frame divided into three sections, each with beaded inner frame set with a panel of grayish-white marble, baiyun shi, suggestive of swirling clouds and misty landscape scenes, the abutting side railings each similarly set with two marble panels
35 7/8in. (91.4cm.) high, 83 7/8in. (213cm.) wide, 44 1/8in. (112cm.) deep

Literature

Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 18, no. 9

Lot Essay

According to Wang et al., p. 18, decorative stone panels were used for furniture from the Han dynasty onwards and popularized in the Song by figures such as Su Shi and Mi Fu. For a detailed discussion of the subject, see Curtis Evarts, "Ornamental Stone Panels and Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Spring 1994, pp. 4-26. The present bed is related in form both to that of lot 28 in this catalogue, as well as to the jichimu luohan bed in the Eskenazi advertisement in Orientations, January 1992