Painted Red & Black Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Clothing It was considered in China

It was considered in China to be superior to its northern elm relative

and Africa

This tray is in exceptionally good condition

The vase is decorated with a powerful dragon coiling amongst swirling clouds

this technique was common during the Ming dynasty

Painted Red & Black Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Clothing It was considered in ChinaThis 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