A MARBLE-INSET HUANGHUALI LUOHAN BED, LUOHAN CHUANG - photo 1
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A MARBLE-INSET HUANGHUALI LUOHAN BED, LUOHAN CHUANG

Lot 1109
29.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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HKD 10 055 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 1109 | A MARBLE-INSET HUANGHUALI LUOHAN BED, LUOHAN CHUANG
Estimate value
HKD 3 000 000 – 6 000 000
A MARBLE-INSET HUANGHUALI LUOHAN BED, LUOHAN CHUANG
LATE MING DYNASTY
The bed is of mitre, mortise and tenon frame construction supported by three curved transverse braces underneath. It was drilled for soft seat construction and is now restored with old matting. The edge of the frame moulds downwards and inwards from about one third way down and there are exposed tenons on the short sides. The high waist and the plain straight apron, made of one piece of wood, is half-lapped onto and mortised and tenoned to the legs, the upper portion of which indents to appear as part of the waist, and extend down to end in moulded pad feet. There are wedge-shaped dovetailed pegs on the backs of the aprons for further support, two on the long sides and one on the short sides. The back and arms, inset with marble panels of beautiful natural pattern that appear as scenes of misty mountains, are removable. The back is of three framed marble panels, each with butterflied corners and beautifully shaped base aprons. The two arms, similarly constructed with an additional spandrel exquisitely carved with a drum-shaped base, are slide-joined to the back.
78 1/8 in. (198.5 cm.) wide, 35 7/16 in. (90 cm.) deep, 38 7/8 in. (98.7 cm.) high; seat high 19 5/16 in. (49 cm.)




Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 2007
The MQJ Collection, Hong Kong



Literature

Grace Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, pp. 238-239
Grace Wu, The Best of the Best- The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture- vol. 2, Beijing, 2017, pp. 374-379
Grace Wu, Three Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2024, pp. 234-235



Exhibited

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The Best of the Best- The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture, 29 September-2 October 2017
Christie’s Hong Kong, A Special Exhibition of the MQJ Collection, 11-15 October 2024
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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