This antique Tibetan altar cabinet is polychromed with vibrant floral designs on each panel. This cabinet is a classic example of an early 19th century Tibetan altar cabinet. Our team painstakingly restored this elegant piece in our Wiltshire workshops revealing the beautiful painting underneath. 
 
Constructed from pine wood decorated in the traditional Tibetan colours, these cabinets were often used in temples or as family altars & were used to store religious scrolls, silk ceremonial clothes, family jewellery and yak butter used in lamps. Original antique Tibetan cabinets are now very rare and there are many fakes on the market made in the late 20th century.

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For further reading see Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life by Kamansky and Tibetan Furniture: Identifying · Appreciating · Collecting by Chris Buckley

For further information on Tibetan symbolism, see Tibetan Buddhist Symbols by R Beer. 

From Tibet

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