Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19th Century Style - Meiping Vase Chakki tables

Chakki tables

This mihrab mirror is made from an old teak panel dating from the 19th century from Rajasthan

100 x 41 x 88 (wxdxh cms)

paint loss and surface patination consistent with age and outdoor use

Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19th Century Style - Meiping Vase Chakki tablesRed lacquer cabinets like these are nearly exclusively from Shanxi province in Northern China. They were made for scholars and wealthy homeowners. They would have stored bedding, clothes scholarly objects and valuables. The story is that these are called wedding cabinets as they were presented to a bride and groom at their wedding. This may be an apocryphal story. According to historic records, lacquer furniture was historically fifteen times more