Cream Ceramic Tang Horse TV Unit in our cream lacquer finish

in our cream lacquer finish

As well as the frame itself

is from Qinghai in western China and the bright red cinnabar lacquer and decorative paintings are typical of that region

Often cabinets like this are cut down to form lower sideboards but this one is in it's old proportions

This version of our blanket trunk is finished in a lovely deep red lacquer a colour favoured by the Chinese

Cream Ceramic Tang Horse TV Unit in our cream lacquer finishThese wonderful ceramic horses in a cream glaze are reproductions of horses produced during China's Tang Dynasty. Along with figurines of camels and other animals, and of servants and civil officials, pottery horses like these were produced to be buried with the wealthier members of society. The Chinese believed that this life would continue into the next, and so in order to preserve their status and high standard of living they would have ceramic