Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Architectural Windows There is an undoubted fallacy

There is an undoubted fallacy surrounding opera chests which are often said to have been used by the traveling Shanxi Opera for carrying clothes and props

geometric motifs and figurative elements — each panel individually worked and framed within a solid teak structure

A comparable example is illustrated in Folk Art & Culture of Gujarat: A Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat by Jyotindra Jain (Figure 245)

All the hardware is original to the piece

This double sided rosewood archway has been intricately carved and is from 19th century Haryana

Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Architectural Windows There is an undoubted fallacyThis antique Gansu sideboard was used for storing clothing and grain by the nomadic people of Gansu & Northern Shanxi in the 19th century. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front to make it more functional. It would have originally opened from the top by a hatch. Its doors are decorated with a landscape scene on the left and a collection of lucky objects on