Painted Gansu Sideboard Brush with a red base showing

with a red base showing through to give an interesting

Sold as a pair

with the domed shell symbolising the sky and the flat underside the earth

as well as waterway scenes

small set of doors on the left hand side that opens up to a storage space with a single shelf

Painted Gansu Sideboard Brush with a red base showingGansu, circa 1920 This highly striking sideboard has an unusual, 'butterfly' front profile formed by the overhanging top surface and carved spandrels at each side that taper down to the feet. The sideboard is from Gansu in western China, and the decorative paintings, showing flowers and various prized vases and bronzes, are typical of the region. The quirky configuration of the doors and drawers is unusual, set centrally within panels but providing