Lot Essay
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", included in the exhibition Catalogue, Beyond the Screen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, pp. 77-83, and illustrated by Nancy Berliner in the Catalogue, 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 the example illustrated by Wang et al., op.cit., p. 7, and sold in these rooms, September 19, 1996, lot 23
For paintings depicting daybeds used in the above manner, refer to the Catalogue for the Special Exhibition of Furniture in Paintings, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1996, nos. 20 and 24
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 the example illustrated by Wang et al., op.cit., p. 7, and sold in these rooms, September 19, 1996, lot 23
For paintings depicting daybeds used in the above manner, refer to the Catalogue for the Special Exhibition of Furniture in Paintings, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1996, nos. 20 and 24