Black Lacquer Sideboard From Shanxi - Early 19th Century Material - Terracotta 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

A real collectors item

An excellent example of an antique folding Tibetan painted choksar dating from the 19th century

243 x 8 x 240 (wxdxh cms)

A truly beautiful example of Buddhist art

Black Lacquer Sideboard From Shanxi - Early 19th Century Material - Terracotta There is an undoubted fallacyThis excellent example of a Qing dynasty (1644 1912) black lacquer Chinese sideboard features beautiful paintings of scholarly objects with rabbit detailing along the lower panels. The lacquer and painting are original dating from the 19th century It also has its original brass hardware. Much antique brass and iron hardware from furniture was robbed and molten down during the reign of Mao. The scholarly symbols featured on the doors of this cabinet