Decorative Document Box with Bone Inlay material-polyester This full size

This full size

Our boxes are old

decorated with celestial dragons

domed chest made from beech wood was made in Jiangsu province in eastern China in the late nineteenth century

the centre for porcelain in China

Decorative Document Box with Bone Inlay material-polyester This full sizeHenan, circa 1920 This attractive little cupboard was produced in Henan province in eastern China from beech wood, with bone inlay used to add the detailed decoration on the doors and drawers. The pale bone shows various plants and flowers, along with butterflies and , on the two smaller upper drawers, four figures in symmetry. The panel to the bottom right is removed to access two small drawers behind it. The cabinet would have been used to store