Shrine cabinet
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
380 mm (H)305 mm (W)155 mm (D)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1331997
Summary
Chinese ancestral shrine, wooden, on four bracket feet. Painted red and black inside with ochre and gold decoration of Chinese characters carved into the backing and painted. Two red pillars with gold fretwork to tops (one piece missing). Outside painted and stained. All very crude.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.