CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE

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LIT DE JOUR EN HUANGHUALI, TA
CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE
De forme rectangulaire, reposant sur quatre petits pieds cabriole joliement sculptés de sphères aux extrémités, la ceinture en retrait, le tablier curviligne, le plateau composé d'un canage dans un cadre en bois, supporté par quatre traverses, deux incurvées au milieu et deux autres droites sur les côtés, le tout assemblé à tenons et mortaises
Dimensions : 45 x 208 x 115 cm. (17¾ x 82 x 45¼ in.)

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Further details

A HUANGHUALI DAYBED, TA
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY

Sale room notice

Le lit n'est pas en Huanghuali mais en bois tendre
This bed is made of Huanghuali but of softwood

Lot Essay

The use of the daybed was manifold ; during the day, it served as a sitting platform ; at night a bed. For a general discussion on daybeds, see R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, pp. 90-1.
Examples of daybeds are unusual as only few pieces have survived.
For similarly carved feet and aprons, see the kang table sold in our New York Rooms, 'Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection', 19 September 1996, lot 45.
For other examples of huanghuali daybeds, see in the same auction lot 54, dated late 16th/early 17th century. Compare also with the more elaborated daybed sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 2004, lot 8

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