[Rosewood carved lotus throne]
Ming, 109 cm high, 98 cm wide and 78 cm vertical
The throne is made of red sandalwood. The seat surface has a circle in the middle and a plain surface. The waist is bound below the seat surface, the legs are bulging and the teeth are swollen, and the mud is carried. Backrest and armrest shall be made into seven-screen type and installed with movable tenon. The whole throne is decorated with lotus and lotus leaf patterns, and the back is carved into a lotus leaf shape with wide and thick horizontal wood at the top of the head. The sculptor is smooth and round
The throne is made of thick material, exquisite wood, round shape, comfortable and durable. The lotus, leaf, stem and lotus root on the throne are all in natural form, which is quite similar to the carving technique on the lacquer flower utensils in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and is the only one of the furniture handed down in the Ming Dynasty
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