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PROPERTY FROM THE RAYMOND HUNG COLLECTION
~ 3119
A FINE AND RARE HUANGHUALI SIX-POSTER
CANOPY BED, JIAZICHUANG
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The rectangular mitred bed frame with soft mat seat is set with
beaded, ‘ice-plate’ edge, above a narrow waist and plain beaded
apron continuing to the square legs with incurving hoof feet. The
four corner posts and two front posts of square section are supported
on slightly flared tabs, joined with delicately constructed openwork
panels composed of continuous wan emblems forming a lattice-
work gallery. All below a top rail and canopy reticulated with finely
beaded, rectangular reserves flanked by small ruyi-heads. The wood of
attractive, rich yellowish-brown tone.
87 in. (221 cm.) high, 89 in. (226 cm.) wide, 62 in. (157.5 cm.) deep
HK$6,000,000-8,000,000 US$770,000-1,000,000
EXHIBITED
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Essence of Style: Chinese Furniture
of the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, San Francisco, 1998,
Catalogue, pl. 14
Hong Kong Museum of History, The Radiant Ming 1368-1644: through
the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, Catalogue, pl. 221
LITERATURE
R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: One Hundred and Three Examples
from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, vol. 1, New York, 1996,
pp. 106-107, no. 33

明十六 / 十七世紀 黃花梨萬字紋圍子六柱架子床

展覽
舊金山亞洲藝術博物館，《Essence of Style: Chinese Furniture of
the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties》，舊金山，1998 年，圖錄
圖版 14 號
香港歷史博物館，《日昇月騰：從敏求精舍藏品看明代》，香港，
2015 年，圖錄圖版 221 號
著錄
安思遠，《洪氏所藏木器百圖》，第一冊，紐約，1996 年，頁
106-107，編號 33

This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import
restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within
Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES
re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.
本拍賣品由黃檀屬的木製造而成。從 2017 年 1 月 2 日起，所有由黃檀屬的木製成的物品受
CITES 出入口管制。除非獲得 CITES 再出口許可，此拍賣品只可運送至香港境內的地址或從
我們的香港拍賣場提取。請與專家部門聯繫以瞭解詳情。

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