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