Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19thC Material - Papier Mache Carved Teakwood Archway from Gujarat

Carved Teakwood Archway from Gujarat - 19thC

while the accompanying brass spoon is intricately decorated with a small deity figure and symbolic embellishments

goddesses and figures from Hindu mythology

63 x 63 x 220

83 x 11 x 173 (w x d x h cms)

Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19thC Material - Papier Mache Carved Teakwood Archway from GujaratAn exceptionally good quality Chinese Wedding Cabinet from Shanxi with painted scenes of idyllic home life. Lacquer cabinets were often given as wedding gifts usually in pairs, better quality cabinets were made from Elm. Lacquer has a long history in Chinese furniture and has been used for over 2000 years. It's is a resin made from the sap of the Rhus verniciflua tree, red is the most commonly used colour, black is much less common. Chinese wedding