Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Tribal Art Design: Hand-painted abstract pattern

Design: Hand-painted abstract pattern

This particular chair is made from walnut with an elm seat

The figure stands upon a carved lotus base

You can burn your resin incense

5 x 9 x 11 (wxdxh cms)

Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Tribal Art Design: Hand-painted abstract patternThis early 20th century sideboard is from the northern Shanxi province on the border of Mongolia. The cabinet shape is Mongolian in style. These cabinets were used by nomadic people for storage of clothes and bedding as grain stores. 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. Instead, it would have originally opened from the top by a