AN IMPERIAL HUANGHUALI SIX-POST 'DRAGON' CANOPY BED, JIAZICHUANG
AN IMPERIAL HUANGHUALI SIX-POST 'DRAGON' CANOPY BED, JIAZICHUANG QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The bed with soft mat top set within the rectangular frame above a high recessed waist with short bamboo-form vertical struts, the panels in-between carved with bird-and-flower design, the beaded curvilinear apron elaborately carved in high relief with a pair of confronted chi dragons among the scrolls and clouds, supported on cabriole legs terminating in claw-and-ball feet embellished with animal masks at the shoulder; the canopy supported on six posts, four at the corners and two inset along the front, joined by a low railing of nine panels all carved in openwork, the two front panels with deer, crane and pine trees, the side and the back panels similarly carved with qilin and lions reserved on a formalized chi dragon ground, the central back panel depicting a powerful upwardly coiled four-clawed dragon, inset above the panels with a series of openwork dragon roundels, the narrow frieze below the canopy similarly carved with phoenix and dragons 90 1/2 x 91 x 62 in. (229.9 x 231.4 x 157.5 cm)
AN IMPERIAL HUANGHUALI SIX-POST 'DRAGON' CANOPY BED, JIAZICHUANG
AN IMPERIAL HUANGHUALI SIX-POST 'DRAGON' CANOPY BED, JIAZICHUANG QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The bed with soft mat top set within the rectangular frame above a high recessed waist with short bamboo-form vertical struts, the panels in-between carved with bird-and-flower design, the beaded curvilinear apron elaborately carved in high relief with a pair of confronted chi dragons among the scrolls and clouds, supported on cabriole legs terminating in claw-and-ball feet embellished with animal masks at the shoulder; the canopy supported on six posts, four at the corners and two inset along the front, joined by a low railing of nine panels all carved in openwork, the two front panels with deer, crane and pine trees, the side and the back panels similarly carved with qilin and lions reserved on a formalized chi dragon ground, the central back panel depicting a powerful upwardly coiled four-clawed dragon, inset above the panels with a series of openwork dragon roundels, the narrow frieze below the canopy similarly carved with phoenix and dragons 90 1/2 x 91 x 62 in. (229.9 x 231.4 x 157.5 cm)
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