Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi -19thC Wucai Porcelain These boxes are rare to

These boxes are rare to find

it incorporates beautifully aged timber and hand-carved panels

65 x 65 x 36 (wxdxh cms)

the heat of friction softening the lac and coating the wood

176 x 43 x 99 (wxdxh cms)

Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi -19thC Wucai Porcelain These boxes are rare toThis red lacquer wedding cabinet is decorated with gilt maki e work. Chinese Red lacquer cabinets like these are nearly exclusively from Shanxi province in Northern China. They were made for scholars and wealthy homeowners. They would have stored bedding, clothes scholarly objects and valuables. These cabinets are commonly known as Wedding Cabinets in the West, a term coined by Western antique dealers. The purported origin of these cabinets is the