'Hundred Eye' Chest, Black Lacquer h60 The plates on these ones

The plates on these ones are etched with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac

often gilded and usually painted with landscapes

Tables like this warm elm version

This little console has the same sleek

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

'Hundred Eye' Chest, Black Lacquer h60 The plates on these onesThis 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