Black Lacquer Wedding Cabinet from Shanxi - 19th Century Material - Walnut talismanic red-and-gold palette

talismanic red-and-gold palette

10 x 5 x 2

A richly symbolic and beautifully preserved Tibetan altar cabinet with exceptional 19th-century painted decoration

weight includes chain

Black Lacquer Wedding Cabinet from Shanxi - 19th Century Material - Walnut talismanic red-and-gold paletteThis elegant black lacquer cabinet originates from Shanxi province in northern China and dates to the 19th century. Often described in the West as a wedding cabinet, examples of this type were more accurately conceived as scholars cabinets, used for the storage of books, scrolls, and treasured objects within an educated household. The deep black surface, created from natural lacquer derived from the Rhus verniciflua tree, has matured into a softly