A CHINESE HONGMU RECTANGULAR CANOPY-BED
Lot 180 PROPERTY FROM AN EAST ANGLIAN COUNTRY HOUSE

A CHINESE HONGMU RECTANGULAR CANOPY-BED

QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Closed8 June 2021

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GBP 21,250

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A CHINESE HONGMU RECTANGULAR CANOPY-BED
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The solid panelled platform on four incurved legs, with six uprights joined by cross sections, the sides and canopy with ladder-pattern struts and joined squared ovals, those at the sides surmounted by medallions carved with auspicious characters, those at the top with dragon-shaped spandrels, the top of the canopy later and in a grid-pattern
94 ¼ in. (237 cm.) high; 90 ½ in. (232 cm.) wide; 64 in. (163 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 18 June 1999, lot 231.

Specialist note

For an account of the evolution of the Chinese canopy-bed see S. Handler, "The Chinese Bed", Selected Articles from Orientations, 1984-1994, Hong Kong, pp. 4-15.