Red and Gold Decorative Carved Lintel colour-warm-elm either on an ancestral altar

either on an ancestral altar or made for burial with the dead

adding a unique feature to the piece

or in a reception room where space is at a premium

The Fiza rug makes an excellent centre piece

Red and Gold Decorative Carved Lintel colour-warm-elm either on an ancestral altarJiangsu, 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.