Chinese Altar Cabinet with 2 Drawers & 2 Doors

Pale cabinet with carved drawers and flaring side panels that spread like wings.

This altar cabinet with 2 drawers & 2 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the mid 18th century. It is elm wood. As original period furniture became harder to find, restoration artists began salvaging fragments from incomplete pieces to make complete ones, and eventually full reproductions began to surface. Light-toned cabinet with two carved drawers above paneled doors, flanked by flared side panels carved at the corners. The wood is scuffed and dry, with visible joinery and a nearly flat top. It is 46 inches long, 16.5 deep and 38.75 high.

Carved pockets and plenty of character in the grain.