Item description:
Exquisite Tibetan wood trunk/chest with iron ring hinges and painted/gessoed design of a phoenix.
Intact Tibetan furniture, authentic and old, is a rarity. Kept mostly by the monasteries and wealthier households (the average Tibetan conducting their lives largely furniture-less, many nomadically) and existing only from the 15th century, of the few pieces that existed, many were disappeared in the destruction of monasteries begun in 1959.
The ones here - gaams (chests) - were used to store thankas, costumes and special things kept for un-ordinary times.
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Price: $2,350
Era: 19th century / 1800's
Country of Origin: China > Tibet
Materials: Wood
Condition: Excellent Condition
Style: Decorating Style > Asian, Decorating Style > Eastern, Decorating Style > Eclectic, Decorating Style > Ethinic, Decorating Style > Exotic
Size: 16" H X 31" W X 13" D
40.64cm H X 78.74cm W X 33.02cm D
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