Chinese Carrying Cabinet with Octagonal Top

Eight-sided stand with a tall back frame and two knobbed posts like quiet sentries.

This carrying cabinet with octagonal top is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered 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. Octagonal black tray top with a raised rim, supporting a ladder of slender rails between two finial-topped posts. A drawer and a pair of small doors with ring pulls sit below. Glossy, deep brown-black. It is 24 inches long, 24 deep and 42 high.

A tall order, neatly stored behind a tidy little door.