Lot Essay
An almost identical example from the Mr. and Mrs. Robert Piccus Collection of Classical Chinese Furniture was sold in these rooms, 18 September 1997, lot 75. Compare, also, the example without side posts and connecting rail, from the Jingguantang Collection Part II, sold in these rooms 20 March 1997, lot 8; and the example with an armature illustrated by Curtis Evarts, 'Uniting Elegance and Utility: Metal Mounts on Chinese Furniture', JCCFS, Summer 1994, p. 27, fig. 1; and Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 124, no. 58, sold in these rooms, 19 September 1996, lot 17.