Black Lacquer 7 Drawer Sideboard - 19th Century Style - Temple Jar Chakki tables are repurposed teak

Chakki tables are repurposed teak rice grinding mills from villages in Rajasthan or Gujarat

This toy may have also been used as a mortar to grind spices for cooking

5 x H45 cm

The frame is made from the highest quality zelkova (Japanese red elm) wood

These jars are painted with scholarly symbols in a practice said to instill wisdom in the owner bringing good luck

Black Lacquer 7 Drawer Sideboard - 19th Century Style - Temple Jar Chakki tables are repurposed teakConsole Table with 7 drawers made from Elm Circa 19th Century. It is made in the Ming Style and comes from Shanxi Province. A very useful piece of furniture for a hallway or behind a sofa. These cabinets were used for storage & also as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. Black lacquer was commonly used in Shanxi province and to this day it is a prominent coal mining province. The coal was mixed with lacquer to produce this deep black lacquer.