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Painted Opera Chest From Shanxi - 19th Century Sideboards The lower balcony has beautiful

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Description

The lower balcony has beautiful detailed Mughal style carving

Date: Taishō Period (1912–1926)

Hand-turned from a single piece of hardwood

This very unusual Teak Chest From South India has the original floral paint which is coloured using cinnabar or vermillion and other natural mineral pigments

flanked by a pair of stylised peacocks

Painted Opera Chest From Shanxi - 19th Century Sideboards The lower balcony has beautifulThis old painted Opera Chest depicts traditional Chinese scenes of birds amongst flowers, flanked by windowed scenes of opera actors wearing traditional Chinese garb. Opera chests, including this one, are constructed from paulownia wood (tong mu ) paulownia trees were often planted at the birth of a daughter and were considered symbols of prosperity, fertility & marital bliss. Upon reaching maturity the tree would be crafted into furniture and given

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