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Couch-Bed, China, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century, Huanghuali wood with woven-mat seat
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Bed · China

Couch-Bed

China · China · late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Medium
Huanghuali wood with woven-mat seat
Dimensions
79 × 213 × 124.5 cm (31 × 83 7/8 × 49 in.)
Accession
2006.14
Credit line
G. Ronald and Evelyn Nish Fund—in memory of Ruth S. Demme, Simeon B. Williams Fund, Bertha Evans Brown Fund, Estate of Alice Feffer, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund, Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation Fund, Estate of Laura T. Magnuson, Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund
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