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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTIOND NEW YORK COLLECTION
          ~966
          A HUANGHUALI LUOHAN BED, LUOHANCHUANGBED, LUOHANCHUANG  P PROVENANCEROVENANCE
                                                              Richfeld Antiques, New York, 2002.ichfeld Antiques, New York, 2002.
          18TH CENTURY WITH MODIFICATIONSFICATIONS            R
          The thick, rectangular frame is set with a hard mat seat above a narrow waist et with a hard mat seat above a narrow waist  For a discussion of the possible origin of the couch bed, where it is or a discussion of the possible origin of the couch bed, where it is
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          and plain beaded apron. The whole is raised on thick beaded legs terminating ole is raised on thick beaded legs terminating  s suggested that they evolved from the Han dynasty low platforms with uggested that they evolved from the Han dynasty low platforms with
          in hoof feet. The later railings are carved with a lattice-work design.carved with a lattice-work design.  screens on two or three sides, see S. Handler, “Wood Shaped and Standing creens on two or three sides, see S. Handler, “Wood Shaped and Standing
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          27æ in. (70.8 cm.) high, 80Ω in. (204.5 cm.) wide, 46æ in. (118.7 cm.) deep204.5 cm.) wide, 46æ in. (118.7 cm.) deep  through the Winds of Time: The Evolution of Chinese Furniture,’’ catalogue hrough the Winds of Time: The Evolution of Chinese Furniture,’’ catalogue
                                                              t to the exhibition, Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th o the exhibition, Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th
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          $100,000-150,000                                    Centuries, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, pp. 42-43. For its various enturies, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, pp. 42-43. For its various
                                                              u uses during the Ming period, including sleeping, meditating and entertaining ses during the Ming period, including sleeping, meditating and entertaining
                                                              f friends, see S. Handler, Austere Luminosity of Classical Chinese Furniture, riends, see S. Handler, Austere Luminosity of Classical Chinese Furniture,
                                                              Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2001, pp. 118-19.erkeley and Los Angeles, 2001, pp. 118-19.
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                                                              清十八世紀   黃花梨有束腰馬蹄足羅漢床(經改裝)十八世紀 黃花梨有束腰馬蹄足羅漢床(經改裝)
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