Chinese Triple Cabinet Wardrobe with Bas-Relief Panels

Red relief panels with winged figures flank a small latticed window in a broad cabinet.

This triple cabinet wardrobe with bas-relief panels is from Hunan Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered & painted elm wood. During the Cultural Revolution, from 1966 to 1976, a great deal of antique Chinese furniture was burned, confiscated or scattered, which the article says helped start the scarcity of such pieces. Wide cabinet in three sections of dark brown wood. Red panels with raised, slender figures sit on the outer doors, and small red tiles with seated figures surround a central lattice opening. It is 120 inches long, 22 deep and 84 high.

Many doors, one carefully arranged conversation.