Vintage Painted Sideboard From Shanxi - Ca 1930 Long Sideboards 77:1-1983) and is published in

77:1-1983) and is published in Chinese Furniture

These boxes were made using the lost wax casting technique also known as cire perdue

this was heated from underneath in the winter

Large Blue & White Porcelain Tea Caddy (Reproduction)

Vintage Painted Sideboard From Shanxi - Ca 1930 Long Sideboards 77:1-1983) and is published inThis early 20th century sideboard is from the northern Shanxi province on the border of Mongolia. The cabinet shape is Mongolian in style, however the multi panel floral painting on the doors is more Chinese, Shanxi 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