Painted Offering Table From Tibet - 19th Century Chakki Tables lid support chain

lid support chain

These cabinets were often used by nomadic people for storage of clothes and bedding or grain

The perfect solution for storage in a kitchen or dining room

41 x 18 x 70 (wxdxh cms)

Painted Offering Table From Tibet - 19th Century Chakki Tables lid support chainTibetan 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