Painted Sideboard From Qinghai Province - 19th Century Period - 19th Century This porcelain Temple Jar is

This porcelain Temple Jar is decorated with pastoral scenes & figures

Its scale and presence make it particularly effective above a console

Mongolian Cabinets were usually made from locally sourced wood

It is made from beautifully carved teak in the form of a peacock arch with carved parrots at the base of the arch

Altar tables were used for ancestor worship in China

Painted Sideboard From Qinghai Province - 19th Century Period - 19th Century This porcelain Temple Jar isThis beautifully painted 19th century sideboard comes from Qinghai Province in north western China, a region bordering Mongolia where Chinese and Tibetan cultures have intertwined for centuries. While the cabinet's robust form reflects the practical furniture of the nomadic peoples of the region, its finely executed painted panels display a distinctly Chinese artistic influence. Each of the three doors is decorated with an original hand painted panel.