Coffer Table From Gansu Province - 19thC Toys or family photographs

or family photographs

Equally striking with candles or unlit

Internal Candle Box

This one is made from teak & can be used outside as a garden gate

Coffer Table From Gansu Province - 19thC Toys or family photographsThis pretty antique coffer table from Gansu province has its original painting and is in excellent condition. The panels have been painted with snow lions and the detail is unusual. The single drawer has retained its original iron hardware. Coffer tables in China had relatively little written about them. This particular piece has beautifully carved flanges with floral motifs often used by northern nomads, They were likely used for clothes and utensil