Painted Offering Table From Tibet - 19th Century Material - Terracotta Finished with delicately applied dot

Finished with delicately applied dot accents and a lightly distressed patina

Better quality cabinets were made from Elm

draped over the shoulders

which is a majority Hindu region in north India well known for its bronzes

This fabulous old Indian teak wood door still has the original painted design

Painted Offering Table From Tibet - 19th Century Material - Terracotta Finished with delicately applied dotTibetan furniture is mostly constructed from cedar or pine and painted in the traditional Tibetan colours, they are often decorated with floral or tantric designs. Choksars are used in front of the family altar as table to read and recite from the long prayer books. Normally a monk would do this on a regular basis for the family. Original antique Tibetan cabinets and Choksars are now quite rare and there are many reproduction pieces made in China