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Tibetan Garuda Shrine Cabinet 17 MN 22

By admin | Published March 18, 2012
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Tibetan Garuda Cabinet.  Probably 60 to 90 years of age, this cabinet is a shrine cabinet.  A few aspects reveal the religious aspect of this cabinet – the chotseng border around the front, the garuda figure on the door and the divided niches with the body of the cabinet. Order Tibetan Garuda Shrine Cabinet Tibetan [...]

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Old Chinese Shrine Cabinet

By admin | Published May 16, 2011
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Antique Chinese Shrine Cabinet from Shanxi Province in northwest China.  Approximately 300 years old done in Ming style with beautiful black and red lacquer.  Rami layer of pulled cotton is visible in back.  On front doors are the barely visible remnants of landscape.  Sides show floral designs.  Within the cabinet are two niches with a [...]

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Tibetan Torma Cabinet

By admin | Published May 16, 2011
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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) [...]

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