Red and Gold Decorative Carved Lintel colour-warm-elm offering a huge amount of

offering a huge amount of storage space

The original darker finish has worn and weathered particularly on the top surface to reveal the beautiful natural grain of the elm wood

warm elm finish to show the beautiful grain of the wood

These lovely bowls are made from coconut shells

either on an ancestral altar or made for burial with the dead

Red and Gold Decorative Carved Lintel colour-warm-elm offering a huge amount ofJiangsu, circa 1880 Salvaged from a home in Jiangsu province in eastern China, this brightly decorated panel once formed part of an internal wall as a lintel. The deep red lacquer of the main section is adorned with relief carvings picked out in gold showing pagoda roofed houses, trees and, set centrally, three distinguished elders. The middle figure holds a 'ruyi' sceptre an ancient auspicious symbol for power and good fortune and a sign of nobility.