Black Lacquer Gold Painted Shanxi Cabinet colour-brass fertility and a wish for

fertility and a wish for numerous children

coal buckets

The style of this Chinese cabinet

set at either side of the simple metal clasp

Ideal for use indoors or outside as attractive planters

Black Lacquer Gold Painted Shanxi Cabinet colour-brass fertility and a wish forShanxi, circa 1860 This extraordinary antique cabinet is from Shanxi province in central China, where it would most likely have been produced as part of a dowry for a bride, filled with silks, fabrics and other expensive gifts. The black lacquer finish and detailed paintings, depicting various bronzes, vases and other scholarly symbols along with flowers and various figures, are original, while the door hardware is likely a more recent replacement.