Food Carrying Box w95 with space below for storing

with space below for storing other media units

Images on a white background show the actual cabinet

The lovely carved lattice design of the low shelf harks back to earlier door and window panels in Chinese homes and is made in the same way - each individual piece of wood fitting into the next with mortise and tenon joints

and match the handles on our large tapered cabinet

Cabinets were usually finished in red or black lacquer

Food Carrying Box w95 with space below for storingShanxi, circa 1870 With a long carrying handle, this box was once used to hold food in Shanxi province. The finish is original, now worn from the once deep black lacquer.