What kind of huanghuali collectible can be bought for one or two million? A table, a pair of chairs or a piece of small and medium-sized cabinet furniture, in short, the size can not be too large, no one dares to imagine the top box cabinet, Luohan bed and such a large instrument.
If there is a Huanghuali shelf bed with a reference price of only one million, will you be surprised, will you guess that it is not enough size, is a miniature version of the furniture?
At an auction last May, there was such a bed, which was placed independently in the center of the exhibition hall, like a star leading the audience.
Yellow pear dragon pattern six-pillar shelf bed, length 212 width 147 height 224.7 cm, size is not small, even higher, estimated at 1.2 million to 1.5 million yuan, attracting people to watch, earn enough eyes.
The collection is from the early Qing Dynasty, with a standard six-column shape, a complete enclosure and a top, and a complete structure and typical craftsmanship.
The four corners of the bed surface are erected with columns, the bed edge is added to two more, the back three sides are equipped with low fences, and the front sides are equipped with door fences; the pillars support the top of the bed, and there are hanging eaves around the top, and there are dozens of large and small components, which are dazzling to see.
Half of the shelf bed, the column is square, the surface is slightly pudded, directly falling on the side smear; the back circumference, side wall and door circumference are a total of five pieces, three horizontal and two vertical frames, look at the face of the plain mixed surface, divided into upper and lower halves, the upper and lower double ring card flower, the lower part of the carved dragon pattern flower board.
The double rings are set together one left and one right, the inner edge is low, and it is fixed to the upper and lower railings with a tenon.
The door is carved with a double ant, one large and one small, which seems to have the meaning of the dragon godson. There are several dragons on the side and back circumference, which are rolled up from end to end, filling the other areas in the block.
The top of the column has a protruding mortise, which is connected to the top frame formed on all four sides, and the frame is connected by long and short materials, and the lower edge of the frame is decorated with hanging eaves on all four sides.
The front eaves are the most complex and elaborate, with two horizontal and ten vertical square frames, falling on the doorposts erected on the edge of the bed, and the remaining sides are connected by tenons and columns and tops.
The frieze is embedded with a variety of transparent tapestry ring plates, with different patterns, containing a variety of beautiful meanings, and tomorrow I will appreciate the details one by one.