Hardwood Couch Bed with C-Curved Legs and Hoof Feet

A hardwood couch bed Luohanchuang, late 19th/20th century of typical construction with well grained single back and side panels with shaped corners, the moulded frame with mitred corners enclosing the rectangular seat, a recessed waist supported on four massive square-section C-curved legs terminating in hoof feet, the wood of rich colour resembling huanghali 72 cm high, 206 cm wide, 108 cm deep. Other Notes: Compare with a Yumu couch bed dated to the 17th century sold Sotheby's, New York, 19 March 2014, lot 407; see also a plain panel couch bed of this type, illustrated by Robert D. Jacobsen and Nicholas Grindley, Classic Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1999, no. 22, pp. 22-23 and a huanghuali bed illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Chinese Furniture Vol II, Hong Kong, 1990, no. C6, p 128