Red and Gold Decorative Carved Lintel colour-warm-elm These lovely bowls are made

These lovely bowls are made from coconut shells

adding a unique feature to the piece

offering a huge amount of storage space

Certainly made by a highly skilled craftsman

Red and Gold Decorative Carved Lintel colour-warm-elm These lovely bowls are madeJiangsu, 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.