Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet
The lacquered elm cabinet has a rectangular shape, two-door opening with burnished metal closure.On the front, on a red lacquer background, there is a worn gold decoration depicting a typical landscape with trees, pagoda-roofed pavilions and groups of children playing and entertaining themselves in the natural context. The lower of this cabinet has a secret compartment covered by a board with a small handle This type of lacquer cabinets were often given as wedding gifts
Qing Dynasty 19th century
China Shanxi province
The lacquered elm cabinet has a rectangular shape, two-door opening with burnished metal closure.On the front, on a red lacquer background, there is a worn gold decoration depicting a typical landscape with trees, pagoda-roofed pavilions and groups of children playing and entertaining themselves in the natural context. The lower of this cabinet has a secret compartment covered by a board with a small handle This type of lacquer cabinets were often given as wedding gifts - Schreiber Collezioni