A HUANGHUALI SIX-POSTER CANOPY BED, JIAZICHUANG
18TH CENTURY
The openwork top formed by a latticework of wan emblems repeated on the upper portion of the frame above chi dragon spandrels and stepped stretchers, the soft mat seat set within the thick, rectangular frame and enclosed by further wan latticework beneath chi dragon roundels, all above a narrow waist and attractively shaped aprons carved in high relief with chi dragons confronted around a ruyi head at the center, the design repeated at the top of the elegantly curved legs, which terminate in scroll-form feet
88 7/8 in. (225.7 cm.) high, 85 in. (216 cm.) wide, 55 in. (139.7 cm.) deep
A HUANGHUALI SIX-POSTER CANOPY BED, JIAZICHUANG
18TH CENTURY
The openwork top formed by a latticework of wan emblems repeated on the upper portion of the frame above chi dragon spandrels and stepped stretchers, the soft mat seat set within the thick, rectangular frame and enclosed by further wan latticework beneath chi dragon roundels, all above a narrow waist and attractively shaped aprons carved in high relief with chi dragons confronted around a ruyi head at the center, the design repeated at the top of the elegantly curved legs, which terminate in scroll-form feet
88 7/8 in. (225.7 cm.) high, 85 in. (216 cm.) wide, 55 in. (139.7 cm.) deep
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