'Hundred Eye' Chest, Light Elm colour-green including the dragon in carved

including the dragon in carved relief on the curved back rest

are individually painted

Two metal stays hold open the lid when required

each with dovetail joints and mounted on metal runners for easier opening

given a fresh take with a distressed blue lacquer

'Hundred Eye' Chest, Light Elm colour-green including the dragon in carvedOur light elm model really enhances the grain of the wood. With larger drawers than original chests for a more practical modern day use, each of the sixteen drawers being ideal to hold CDs and DVDs, up to approximately 400 CDs. Medicine chests with multiple drawers for holding herbs and other remedies, were used throughout China by apothecaries and pharmacists, with the larger ones were being referred to as hundred eye chests (or 'bei yau chu' in