Chinese Bookcase (In 2 Sections) with 6 Drawers

Stacked display shelf in red with round cutouts and painted backs, like a collector's maze.

This bookcase (in 2 sections) with 6 drawers is from Jiangxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered & painted elm wood. Tibetans were traditionally semi-nomadic and owned few personal furnishings, so most Tibetan furniture stood in monasteries, and some of it was carted over the Himalayas to India as monasteries were destroyed. Two-part open shelf with circular and arched openings in the sides, small drawers at several levels, and painted panels at the back showing flowers and scenes. The red frame is rubbed and scratched. Straight legs, no visible hardware. It is 40 inches long, 18 deep and 88.5 high.

A shelf for treasures, with its own treasures painted in.