Gansu Painted Antique Sideboard d100 or use it as a

or use it as a memento or jewellery box

Wooden bowl not included

set above a pair of central paneled cupboard doors secured with traditional circular brass hardware

Five smaller panels are fitted within the wide outer frame

with three central drawers and two cupboard sections

Gansu Painted Antique Sideboard d100 or use it as aGansu, circa 1890 This sideboard is quite typical of the grain chests that were used in the eastern part of China's Gansu province, with creams and reds on the doors contrasting with the outer frames in black. Chests like this would be made normally from pine or, as in this case, poplar wood. This one dates from the end of the nineteenth century and today would make a highly attractive dining sideboard or storage unit. When it was first made the front