Antique Chinese Bed Qing Dynasty c1700's Ironwood Platform Tielimu 54"x82" Ikebana/Bonsai A beautiful and authentic example

A beautiful and authentic example of Meiji-era Buddhist metalwork

as the clamshells are often intricately decorated with beautiful designs

Having been carefully displayed and in storage for many decades years

5" wide and

Antique Chinese Bed Qing Dynasty c1700's Ironwood Platform Tielimu 54"x82" Ikebana/Bonsai A beautiful and authentic exampleThis 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