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90 x 44 x 90 cms
Slaked lime (chunnam) paste is commonly added to bind the leaves
It is very difficult to find quality pieces such as this now as the majority of pieces are made for the tourist market where quality as become less of a priority
The design was also popular in surrounding areas of North China
Tibetan Lectern With Dragon Painting - 19thC Damchiya Sideboards 90 x 44 x 90Constructed from cedar or pine, these altars are decorated in the traditional Tibetan mineral colours. They were often used as family altars 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 many reproduction
