'Hundred Eye' Chest, Black Lacquer h60 Great as a little sideboard

Great as a little sideboard or storage unit in any room

The frame of this model is decorated in gold leaf and paintings of flowers

often gilded and usually painted with landscapes

is a great way to make the best use of space in a room

Two 'S' shaped legs cross at each end to form an elegant hourglass shape

'Hundred Eye' Chest, Black Lacquer h60 Great as a little sideboardThis modern day black lacquer version has larger drawers for more practical use, each one being ideal to hold CDs and DVDs. Multi drawer medicine chests for holding herbs and other remedies, were used throughout China by apothecaries and pharmacists. The larger ones were referred to as hundred eye chests (or 'bei yau chu' in Chinese) due to the multitude of drawers. The sixteen drawers can hold approximately 400 CDs or use in a bedroom for socks or