Tibetan Altar Cabinet with Original Painting - 19thC Iron Bound Chests Painted & Gilded Pichwai -

Painted & Gilded Pichwai - From Nathdwara

Features: Hand-painted gilt figural scenes

Most Handis can be wired at extra cost with a 3 way or single fitting and brass ceiling hooks can also be supplied if required

A Chinoiserie Gilded Red Lacquer Sewing Box - 19thC

5 × Depth 30 × Height 30 cm

Tibetan Altar Cabinet with Original Painting - 19thC Iron Bound Chests Painted & Gilded Pichwai -Tibetan cabinets are constructed from cedar or pine and decorated in the traditional Tibetan colours. They were often used as family altars. They were used as storage for important religious scrolls, silk ceremonial clothes, family jewellery and yak butter used in lamps. Togam or Chosun cabinets were used to store ritual cakes or torma, they are often decorated with tantric designs. Original antique Tibetan cabinets are now quite rare and there are