EARLY 17TH CENTURY

細節

An Important and Fine Huanghuali Waisted Daybed, Ta
Early 17th Century
The well-proportioned bed with rectangular frame enclosing the hard mat seat above a high waist and plain, straight apron supported on sturdy legs of square section terminating in hoof feet, the wood a rich golden color with striking, swirling 'landscape' grain
185/8in. (47.5cm.) high, 77in. (197cm.) wide, 41½in. (105cm.) deep

來源

Christie's, New York, 18 September 1997, lot 180.
Herr J. Plaut.

出版

Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1962, pl. 19, no. 15.

更多詳情

See illustration on previous page with the bed shown in situ in the penthouse apartment of a New York City private collector.

拍品專文

Daybeds with hoof feet and without stretchers are rare. A citable example is the wooden model mentioned by Wang Zhengshu in his article, 'Conjectures on Models of Ming-Period Furniture from the Pan Yunzheng Tomb in Shanghai', Beyond the Screen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, pp. 77-83, and illustrated by N. Berliner, op. cit., p. 150, no. 30b.

For uses of the daybed as indoor and outdoor seating during the Ming dynasty, refer to Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995, p. 6. Compare, also, the example illustrated by Wang et al., op. cit., p. 7, formerly in the collection of the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, sold in these rooms, 19 September, 1996, lot 23.

For paintings depicting daybeds used in the above manner, refer to the Catlaogue for the Special Exhibition of Furniture in Paintings, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1996, nos. 20 and 24.