Very Unique, Highly Carved Tibetan Table

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Description: Very Unique, Highly Carved Tibetan Table. Excellent condition. Made and purchased in Lhasa. A wide variety of forms and shapes of tables were used, both in monasteries and in the houses of the more affluent Tibetans. Some Tibetan tables were used simply for serving food or tea while others had ceremonial uses and were used to hold ritual objects. Some tables fold into a flat unit and were meant to be transported from place to place, either by monks or by government officials. It is also with tables that Tibetan wood carvers got to show off their greatest skills. Many tables are elaborately carved. Dragons and other fanciful animals, foliage, vines, and bamboo are all common motifs. More often than not the carving is then painted as well. There is a great deal of variation in the forms of tables, more than in any other type of Tibetan furniture. Some tables were constructed in exactly the same way as cabinets and only their low height distinguishes them from cabinets. Others are light and airy with pierce-carved sides and backs. Some have cabriole legs while others are anchored to the floor as solidly as any cabinet. Some tables have swinging doors concealing a compartment just as with cabinets; some have full length drawers which open from the side; still others are open in the back, a few without so much as a shelf. Folding tables necessarily fall into this last category since their construction precludes a fourth side. As substantial as it may seem under its load of bronze wine pots, the table pictured above is just such a folding table. More oriental, Chinese and Asian furniture will be available in the future, including additional tables, commodes, chests, buffets, cabinets, consoles, boxes and stands.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: 97
Condition: Excellent	Year: Late 20th Century
Country: Tibet, China
Height: 16.5 in. (41.91 cm)	Depth: 12 in. (30.48 cm)
Width: 25.5 in. (64.77 cm)	Weight: 17.75

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