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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
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A SPECTACULAR CARVED ZITAN LUOHAN BED AND KANG TABLE
The back and sides are elaborately carved in openwork with lotus blossoms borne on leafy stems amidst
rocks, above the paneled zitan seat set in a rectangular frame. The aprons and incurved legs are similarly
carved with lotus amidst vines and rockwork. The kang table is carved en suite.
bed: 40Ω in. (103 cm.) high, 83 in. (211 cm.) wide, 51º in. (127.7 cm.) deep
kang table: 11 in. (28 cm.) high, 40Ω in. (103 cm.) wide, 18æ in. (47.7 cm.) deep (2)
$550,000-700,000
PROVENANCE
Lai Loy, Hong Kong, 1991.
紫檀鏤雕蓮紋羅漢床及炕桌
Fig. 1. A zitan luohan bed and kang table in the Qing Court Collection. Courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing.
Photograph by 趙山 Zhao Shan.
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