Painted Gansu Grain Store Sideboard - 19th Century Hundi Hanging Lamps Decoration: Hand-inlaid brass wirework with

Decoration: Hand-inlaid brass wirework with geometric and stylised motifs

This door panel features a dragon in flight snaking through clouds

there are clear influences in the classic mix of red and black lacquers and raised carving

classic Ming-style form

For a similar example see Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life by Kamansky (plate 96)

Painted Gansu Grain Store Sideboard - 19th Century Hundi Hanging Lamps Decoration: Hand-inlaid brass wirework withThis antique Gansu sideboard was used for storing clothing and grain by the people of Gansu & Northern Shanxi in the 19th century. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front door has been modified from the original closed front to make it more functional. It would have originally opened from the top by a hatch. Its door has a painted domestic scene on a rust red background which is also adorned by detailed floral