Red Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century slipper decorative features or waste paper

decorative features or waste paper bins

prosperity and benevolent rule

Silver & various precious stone earrings handmade by Rajasthani jewellers from India

This characterful and beautifully carved teak elephant corbel dates to the 19th century and would have been an architectural beam support

warm patina developed over generations of use

Red Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century slipper decorative features or waste paperThis elegant antique red lacquered Chinese 'square cornered cabinet' is colloquially known as book cabinet. This style of cabinet would have been used by scholars for storing clothes and objects used in the pursuit of wisdom. These cabinets are from Shanxi province but this stye of brass with foliate edges is more commonly found in Gansu province suggesting this piece to have come from Northern Shanxi province. Originally, this cabinet would have had