Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi - Early 19thC Opera Chests "Kanagawa: View of the Embankment"

"Kanagawa: View of the Embankment" by Ando Hiroshige from the series "Fifty Three Station of the Tokaido"

a lac stick is pressed against the pot

Made in the 19th century in the classic Chinese Ming dynasty style (1368 - 1644)

Walnut or Rosewood

Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi - Early 19thC Opera Chests "Kanagawa: View of the Embankment"This exceptionally good quality antique Chinese red lacquer wedding cabinet is from Shanxi province, dating to the early 19th century Qing dynasty (1644 1911). The tone is the perfect 'Peking red'. The red lacquer work on this cabinet is original and features gilt scenes of a rural Chinese town. These scenes are framed by a repeating butterfly motif. It's less common to find butterflies on older cabinets. Lacquer cabinets were often given as wedding