Antique Chinese Bed Qing Dynasty c1700's Ironwood Platform Tielimu 54"x82" Ikebana/Bonsai a round sunken compartment is

a round sunken compartment is ingeniously designed to hold a bamboo cuspidor

The hand crafted decorations are of a blue dragon coiling on a solid black backgorund

This plate remains in good condition but it must be noted that this is a small chip on the edge

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Antique Chinese Bed Qing Dynasty c1700's Ironwood Platform Tielimu 54"x82" Ikebana/Bonsai a round sunken compartment isThis is an antique Chinese Qing dynasty platform bed from the early or mid 1700's. Made of solid ironwood (tielimu ). Brough from Bejing to Hong Kong in the early 1980's it was professionally re strung using traditional methods and material by the Hong Kong antique gallery where it was last sold in the early 1990's. This is a far superior restoration than simple wooden boards that are sometimes used. The black lacquer finish was waxed with beeswax and