Shanxi Decorated Red Lacquer Cabinet, China, 20th century, with softwood foundation and brass hardware, structured in two parts with the upper opening on front and sides, decorated with a depiction of women in a garden on top and on bottom flowering shrubs and birds, the frame decorated with floral scrolls with flowers and vines on the top; the lower cabinet with two hinged doors, the upper circular panel depicting birds and flowers and the lower with women in a landscape, the sides decorated with flowering shrubs and birds, one removable shelf, decorated base apron, feet with brass caps, 60 x 34 x 17 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Roach and Craven, Boston, 1968.
Estimate $700-900

Small areas of raised lacquer.


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