A storage chest Tibet, 16th/17th century
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A storage chest
Tibet, 16th/17th century
Ground mineral pigments, cloth wood and metal; the tray top with partial remaining decoration of a floral cartouche above a front panel decorated with a deer supported by a large lotus and surrounding leaves within a cusped cartouche. The surrounding flower head trellis pattern is enclosed by gold scrolling form spandrels and similar border. The sides are painted with jeweled offerings.
30 ½ x 11 x 16 ½ in. (77.5 x 27.9 x 41.9 cm.)
Sold for US$ 10,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • As noted in the exhibition catalogue (p. 234) ".. the central cartouche is painted with a mythical animal with a backswept horn resembling Yuan (1279-1368), or earlier, forms of Chinese qilin – or unicorn.

    Provenance:
    Acquired from Tony Anninos, San Francisco 2004

    Published:
    David Kamansky, editor, Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life, Chicago, 2004, no. 58, p. 234.

    Exhibited:
    Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA, Nov. 13, 2004 – February 13, 2005, no. 58.

Category: Asian Art / Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art

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