Chinese Compound Shrine Cabinet with 2 Drawers & 2 Doors

Tiny tiled-roof shrine with lattice doors, perched on a cabinet with a round lock.

This compound shrine cabinet with 2 drawers & 2 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is elm wood & poplar. Collectors generally weigh aesthetics, age, condition, design, origin and provenance when judging antique furniture, though the article argues that scarcity ends up with the greatest influence on value. Here is a tall dark piece with a small tiled roof and flared decorative eaves over a latticed front with red posts. A two-drawer, two-door cabinet sits below on short curved feet. It is 34 inches long, 27 deep and 79 high.

A little house on top, a locked box below.