Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Architectural Windows geometric motifs and figurative elements

geometric motifs and figurative elements — each panel individually worked and framed within a solid teak structure

There is an undoubted fallacy surrounding opera chests which are often said to have been used by the traveling Shanxi Opera for carrying clothes and props

5 x 39 (wxdxh cms)Painting Dimensions: 34 x 22 (wxh cms)

They would also be used by farmers for moving goods around on the farm

Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Architectural Windows geometric motifs and figurative elementsThis antique Gansu sideboard was used for storing clothing and grain by the nomadic people of Gansu & Northern Shanxi in the 19th century. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front to make it more functional. It would have originally opened from the top by a hatch. Its doors are decorated with a landscape scene on the left and a collection of lucky objects on