Black Lacquer Wedding Cabinet from Shanxi - 19th Century Material - Walnut depicting an assemblage of scholar’s

depicting an assemblage of scholar’s objects and auspicious emblems

Date: 19th century

It is over a century old and was originally coated with burgundy lacquer

talismanic red-and-gold palette

A richly symbolic and beautifully preserved Tibetan altar cabinet with exceptional 19th-century painted decoration

Black Lacquer Wedding Cabinet from Shanxi - 19th Century Material - Walnut depicting an assemblage of scholar’sThis elegant black lacquer cabinet originates from Shanxi province in northern China and dates to the 19th century. Often described in the West as a wedding cabinet, examples of this type were more accurately conceived as scholars cabinets, used for the storage of books, scrolls, and treasured objects within an educated household. The deep black surface, created from natural lacquer derived from the Rhus verniciflua tree, has matured into a softly