Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi -19thC Material Cardboard This beautiful Chinese porcelain rice

This beautiful Chinese porcelain rice jar is hand made and hand painted in small workshops in Jingdezhen which is still the centre for the best quality porcelain

5 x 35 x 1 cm ( w x d x h)

jewellery and household valuables

The style is from Shekhawati

are particularly known for their rich heritage and craftsmanship

Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi -19thC Material Cardboard This beautiful Chinese porcelain riceThis 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