Shanxi Butterfly Screen, Black Lacquer w110 As one Chinese scholar wrote

As one Chinese scholar wrote

our light elm low Kang chest has an open shelf for a DVD player or digital box (including a hole at the back for feeding wires through) and a drawer below

This beautifully proportioned

smoothed and sealed to give a hard wearing surface

This solid

Shanxi Butterfly Screen, Black Lacquer w110 As one Chinese scholar wroteThe screen is decorated on both sides, with a thin border around each panel in gold leaf. Made from solid wood this screen is finished in our black lacquer and decorated by hand with gold leaf and paintings of dancing butterflies. For the Chinese the butterfly is a symbol of joy and marital happiness. It is often seen on the paintings used to decorate antique cabinets and chests dating back hundreds of years particularly on the painted furniture of