A maple canopy bed 'jiazichuang'

Description:

China, 18th/19th c.
205 x 201 x 119 cm
The members of simulated bamboo-form, with latticework canopy supported by four 'bamboo' posts, joined at the top front by a 'bamboo' stretcher with latticework 'bamboo' with leafage, a long shelf with four drawers above, carved with foliate motifs and short verses, with a removable cane surface with four rectangular legs.
From a German private collection, a copy of an old catalogue description is available, probably Sotheby's New York, 1990s - Traces of age