Chinese Black Lacquer Elm Sideboard - 19thC Tansu It is part cabinet and

It is part cabinet and part medicine chest - the drawers have smaller partitions inside

with four solid shelves offering generous and practical storage

India carved in the late 19th century

It has been salvaged from a building fallen into disrepair in the South Indian state of Andra Pradesh

This is an excellent quality reproduction copy of a museum exhibit cast in bronze and made in the Tibetan style

Chinese Black Lacquer Elm Sideboard - 19thC Tansu It is part cabinet andThis beautiful traditional black lacquer Chinese sideboard is a classic example of black lacquering on sideboards made for city residents in Shanxi Province in North China. Beautifully painted with good luck and wise symbols to instill wisdom in the owner. Sideboards like this would have been used as altar cabinets, for burning incense on and making offerings to the ancestors. Over 150 years old and made in the first half of the 19th century, soft