Lot 137

A TIBETAN PAINTED CHEST

17th/18th century, the lifting top opening to a vacant interior, the façade decorated with a central motif surrounded by further characters, against a red ground and within filled borders, iron strapwork to the corners, 60cm high x 109cm wide x 47cm deep

Provenance: Purchased Duke's, 9th May 2013, Lot 279. Formerly of the James Yarrow Collection of Chinese and Tibetan Furniture.

Condition Report:	click here
Estimate:	£300 - £500

Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.

Note: For a related trunk with a similar frieze and central opening top door, see "Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life", Pacific Asia Museum, 2004, Exhibit 76, page 255.

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