Chinese Winged Coffer with 4 Doors

Long low sideboard with scrolled corner brackets and a small round blue-green lock.

This winged coffer with 4 doors 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. Four-panel front in reddish brown wood under a flat top with upturned ends. Small carved scroll brackets decorate the corners, and a round metal lock plate sits at the center. Legs are slim and round. It is 100 inches long, 19 deep and 32.5 high.

Low, long, and settled in for the evening.