Kang table
Chinese
Description
Subject Matter:
"A daybed served many purposes: during the day it functioned as a seating platform, at night it was a bed for sleeping. When furnished with a small armrest or low table, it was convenient for lounging, reading books, or drinking tea. The surrounding...aprons are decorated in carved relief with...cloud motifs... The legs...terminate with a scrolled foot form...
In antiquity the daybed was used primarily for sitting. It was smaller and shorter than the couch-bed with it's railings, which was used for reclining. In time the daybed was raised, widened, and lengthened...and it became an important piece of furniture in the studio where scholars used it for sitting, reclining, reading, meditating, conversing with friends, and playing board games."
Jacobsen, Robert D, Bruce B Dayton, Ruth Dayton, and Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Appreciating China: Gifts From Ruth And Bruce Dayton. Minneapolis, Minn.: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2002, p. 298.
Physical Description:
A long and wide Kang table (daybed). The apron of the table has a cloud motif and the legs ends in a scrolled foot form.
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