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Tibetan Cabinet
Antique Tibetan Cabinet 11 RJ 009
Red Tibetan Kitchen Cabinet.

Photos by Neil Buckman On the face of each door is a shou, the chinese character for longevity. Tibetan furniture and arts have taken many Chinese symbols as inspiration. This happened primarily from the eighteenth century when Chinese patronage of Tibetan Lamas and monasteries flourished. Order Antique Red Tibetan Cabinet Antique Red Tibetan Cabinet @ [...]
Tibetan Torma Cabinet

A torma is a representation of a Tibetan buddhist diety. Often tormas were made of a sort of stiff cake, that is, a mixture of roasted barley flour and water and other ingredients, with butter often used as a decoration. Tormas in large monasteries could often be enormous, highly decorated affairs. A torma cabinet (torgam) [...]

