Red sandalwood carved Kui dragon bed

[Red sandalwood carved Kui dragon bed]

Qing Qianlong, height 92.5cm, length 200cm, width 103.5cm
The bed is made of red sandalwood wood, with a mat center seating surface and a hard board lining underneath, which is a traditional practice in the north. There are straight teeth under the waist, a hollow hall belly, and embossed scroll grass patterns. “Straight legs with four corners, inverting and looping hooves, with mud support.”. A seven-screen bed surround is installed on the bed surface, and the frame is tenoned with short wood to form a hook pattern. The hook pattern is inlaid with Kui dragon pattern flowers and teeth carved with thin wood, which are contrasted between real and virtual, and the workmanship is extremely fine