Chinese Black Lacquer Elm Sideboard - 19thC Brass Bound Chests surface weathering

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Chinese Black Lacquer Elm Sideboard - 19thC Brass Bound Chests surface weatheringThis beautiful traditional black lacquer Chinese sideboard is a classic example of black lacquering on sideboards made for city residents in Shanxi Province in North China. Beautifully painted with good luck and wise symbols to instill wisdom in the owner. Sideboards like this would have been used as altar cabinets, for burning incense on and making offerings to the ancestors. Over 150 years old and made in the first half of the 19th century, soft