Chinese Wardrobe with 2 Doors

Tall cabinet whose doors carry carved medallions up high and a huge brass disc below.

This wardrobe with 2 doors is from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, and dates to the 18th century. It is beech 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. Two doors in smooth, golden brown wood meet at a large round brass plate. Square carved panels with round motifs sit at the top of each door. A deep plain panel fills the base above short legs. It is 35.5 inches long, 17.5 deep and 65.75 high.

Plain wood, one confident brass disc, a neat carved crown.