 ELMWOOD SHRINE Current and Past Exhibitions
Catalogue no. 47.CHINA, PROBABLY SHANXI PROVINCE.19TH CENTURY.H. 49 CMS, 19 ¼ INS.W. 48 CMS, 19 INS. D. 35 CMS, 13 ¾ INS.A lacquered Elmwood (yumu) shrine of rectangular proportion, the sides plain, the front comprising four openwork carved panels, the two central panels opening as doors on dowel hinges, all behind an open carved overhang.Shrines of all sizes were used throughout the Shanxi region, in temples and in the home. This delicately carved shrine would have been placed on an altar table in the house of a middle class family. Inside there would have been a small Buddha and other symbolic objects for worship. The wooden tassels decorating the overhang are typical of the Shanxi regional style. An exhibition entitled Friends of the House: Furniture from China’s towns and villages, organised by Nancy Berliner and held at the Peabody Essex Museum in 1996, brought provincial Chinese furniture to the attention of mainstream collectors for the first time.
|  Chicken Wing Wood (jichimu) table Current and Past Exhibitions
Chicken Wing Wood (jichimu) table.China.Qing dynasty, 18th century.L. 55 ins, 140 cm.H. 32 ½ ins, 82.5 cm.W. 14 1/8 ins, 36 cm.A double sided Chicken Wing Wood (jichimu) table of rectangular form, the plain board top dovetailed to the end sections each of which has two rectangular openings decorated, inside and outside, with highly stylised dragons and geometric scrolling motifs; the legs finishing in scrolled feet, the spandrels elaborately designed with geometric cloud and dragon motif and the apron exquisitely carved with twisted ‘rope and ring’ design.Provenance: Private English Collection.Purchased at Spink and Son in 1995.The realistic carving of the ‘rope and ring’ design can be compared to a table illustrated as plate 76 in Tian Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing dynasty, London, Philip Wilson, 1996.
|  A pair of softwood lattice panels framed in red box
A pair of softwood lattice panels (chuang), each constructed in a complex compound presentation design, each strut with rounded edge and enclosed within a moulded frame, the panel set in a modern red wooden box frame.Chinese, 19th centuryDimensions including red frame:Height: 94 cm (37 inches).Width: 52 cm (20.5 inches).Depth: 2.5 cm (1 inch).
|  A pair of painted and lacquered sutra boxes
A pair of painted and lacquered wooden sutra boxes decorated with scenes from the Ramayana epic.Sizes: (Large)H.26.5 cm; L. 81cm, D.27 cm. (Medium)H.22 cm; L. 66.5 cm; D. 24 cm.Thai,Bangkok style, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
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