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Marital bed.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (China)Unknown author
Title
Marital bed.
label QS:Len,"Marital bed."
label QS:Lpl,"Łóże małżeńskie."
label QS:Lfr,"Lit conjugal."
Date early 20th century
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium carving, polychromy and gilt on wood
institution QS:P195,Q3893223
Accession number
MAiP 19300
Notes

Large wedding bed was one of the most spectacular furniture in a traditional, wealthy Chinease homes. It was an element of a dowry of a bride and was also important element of a wedding ceremony. At that bed, in a wedding room, a groom for the first time uncovered face of his wife and - if the marriage was arrenaged in a traditional, strict way - for the first time he saw her.

The marital bed was closely related to procreation as continuity of a lineage was the main aim a marriage. In Chinese culture, on the contrary to Western one, sex was more underlined as not only a way to get offspring but also a source of heath and pleasure. Because of that in the decoration are placed symbols related to sexuality and fertility - at that case, a pair of birds symbolizing a married couple.
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