Vintage Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Hat Materials: Cast brass (Dhokra technique)

Materials: Cast brass (Dhokra technique)

Each box depicts a scene of either actors or flower scenes in a rectangular panel on the front

Handcrafted from solid elm

47cms tall

Vintage Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Hat Materials: Cast brass (Dhokra technique)This early 20th century sideboard is from the northern Shanxi province on the border of Mongolia. The cabinet shape is Mongolian in style, however the multi panel floral painting on the doors is more Chinese, Shanxi style. These cabinets were used by nomadic people for storage of clothes and bedding as grain stores. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front to