Red Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century slipper decorative features or waste paper

decorative features or waste paper bins

It is one of our favorite pieces from an excellent quality recently acquired collection we've acquired

With Natural Variations And Character Marks In Reclaimed Timber

This table has a floral design and has two symbols that are recurring motifs in Tibetan culture

Silver & various precious stone earrings handmade by Rajasthani jewellers from India

Red Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century slipper decorative features or waste paperThis elegant antique red lacquered Chinese 'square cornered cabinet' is colloquially known as book cabinet. This style of cabinet would have been used by scholars for storing clothes and objects used in the pursuit of wisdom. These cabinets are from Shanxi province but this stye of brass with foliate edges is more commonly found in Gansu province suggesting this piece to have come from Northern Shanxi province. Originally, this cabinet would have had