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A huanghuali daybed, ta
17th/18th century
The soft cane surface tied to a mitered, mortise and tenon frame with ice-plate edge supported by
powerful bracket feet joined to wide aprons elegantly carved with split-tailed chilong separated by
cloud scrolls and geometric patterns accented by a beaded edge.
20 x 93 1/2 x 62 (50.1 x 237 x 157.5cm)
$80,000 - 120,000
In his discussion of a daybed in the Minneapolis Museum of Art, Robert Jacobson called that form
‘the grandfather of all Chinese furniture,’ and went on to describe its role as a veritable missing link
in the slow evolution from floor based living in the Han through the chair and table culture of the
Tang. See Jacobson and Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Museum of Art,
Chicago, 1999; pg. 80-81 catalog entry 21.
For closely related huanghuali waisted daybed with a plain frieze, see lot 180, sold Christie’s,
September 18, 1997;

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