Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Bedside Cabinets Lega masks are used as

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This porcelain Tea Caddy is decorated with Double Happiness designs

unique kiln-transmuted flambé glaze

giving it both character and environmental integrity

This simple painted mirror is made from an old Indian 19th century window frame from a building in Gujarat

Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Bedside Cabinets Lega masks are used asThis antique Gansu sideboard was used for storing clothing and grain by the nomadic people of Gansu & Northern Shanxi in the 19th century. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front to make it more functional. It would have originally opened from the top by a hatch. Its doors are decorated with a landscape scene on the left and a collection of lucky objects on