Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi -19thC Wucai Porcelain These boxes are rare to

These boxes are rare to find

The carving is of excellent quality and similar examples can be found in museums

176 x 43 x 99 (wxdxh cms)

Kangs were quite often made from stone which was heated from underneath in the winter

Materials: Painted teak with hand-beaten iron fittings

Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi -19thC Wucai Porcelain These boxes are rare toThis red lacquer wedding cabinet is decorated with gilt maki e work. Chinese Red lacquer cabinets like these are nearly exclusively from Shanxi province in Northern China. They were made for scholars and wealthy homeowners. They would have stored bedding, clothes scholarly objects and valuables. These cabinets are commonly known as Wedding Cabinets in the West, a term coined by Western antique dealers. The purported origin of these cabinets is the