Pair of Painted Polychrome Tibetan Altar Cabinets - Late 19thC
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Priced separately - A pair of antique Tibetan altar cabinets, each painted with six phoenixes surrounded by leafy flowering peonies.
With 4 doors and a central shelf this pair of antique cabinets provides excellent storage.
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.
Available for purchase separately.
119 x 45 x 94.5 (wxdxh cms)
UK Delivery Charge - except Highlands & Islands £40