Stone Lion From Kutch - Early 19th Century Style:Left Hand Facing This style of Chinese sideboard

This style of Chinese sideboard is often referred to as an altar cabinet in The West and a lien-erh (two in a row) by Chinese dealers referring to the drawer form

It is an unusually good example

Collecting' by Chris Buckley and Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life by Kamansky (plate 102)

The interior and other panels are also paulownia

dark patina from years of handling and worship

Stone Lion From Kutch - Early 19th Century Style:Left Hand Facing This style of Chinese sideboardThis glorious pair of Indian lions date to the early 19th century. They originally would have stood on either side of an an entrance to a haveli in The Rann of Kutch. Their faces are delicately carved with remnants of layers of paint applied over many generations. Full of character and still retaining traces of old paint, this pair of carved stone lions would look equally good on either side of a doorway or in the garden. They're a rare thing to find