Painted Red & Black Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Clothing this technique was common during

this technique was common during the Ming dynasty

the shelf remains sturdy

and has been sympathetically restored in our Wiltshire workshop

Shiva can be seen standing atop the demon Apasmāra (or Muyalaka)

Painted Red & Black Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Clothing this technique was common duringThis exquisite antique sideboard from Gansu province in Northern China was used for storing clothing and grain by the nomadic people of Gansu and the surrounding areas in the 19th century. The cabinet doors are beautifully decorated with household objects with a central panel depicting a high ranking Chinese official traveling in a wheeled palanquin accompanied by guards on horseback. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front