Tibetan shrine hand painted

A tibetan shrine
Native tibetan hand painted
Natural colour & old pine
Used as a bookshelf in temple
A reproduction
A tibetan shrine has four doors three drawers one shelf used in a temple as a large holy alter . also called painted furniture .


place of origin
Tibet
material
wooden
model number
LF-B188
size
L 165cm W 50cm H150cm
packing
Usually we use two layers to pack them, the inner layer is by the plastic foam, second layer(outside of the first layer) is the four-layers paper carton,big items finially packed with the strong plastic strip.usually 25-28pieces of big size cabinet can be fit into a 20- foot container .
weight

In addition to the basic paint,Furntiure in tibet according to all historical accounts only exsited in monasteries and lamaseries, The secular home ,regardless of the financial assets or the religious following had no furniture ,What we consider throw rugs or hall runners were the beds ,chairs ,and sofas of Tibetan .Monks had some some alter or tables, The larger pieces were exclusively made for lama's and the best pieces were made for visiting high lama's residences .monasteries typically have a residential compound reserved for visiting high lama and/or many times one reserved for the DALA LAMA .Over the years these lama's cabinets were passed down or sold to another lama or monk .It is the usual custom for the possesions of a monk or lama to be sold upon his death and the proceeds dispersed as directed by the deceased person prior to his death .
Tibetan cabinets are invariably mortise and tenon construction with the top pegged in place. They are glued and thus are held together normally without benefit of nails or screws. It is common for the cabinets to be decoratively painted only on the front. Occasionally the sides may have simple designs, or sometimes even, only one side may be decorated. This eccentricity may indicate its original placement in a room, or more likely, that this chest was originally part of a pair. Cabinets were often built and decorated as pairs placed side-by-side. In that case the left side of one cabinet and the right side of the other might be painted while the opposite sides of the two, never to be seen, remained unfinished. Tibetan furniture also frequently uses colored powder, sometimes gold and brass powder. Powder is used to highlight the visual effects of the three-dimensional sections of the surface being painted. It is necessary to repeatedly apply layer after layer to achieve a realistic effect.Most household Tibetan furniture designs feature the four seasons or the eight auspicious Buddhist symbols. The specifications for the painting style is very strict. However, the four seasons painting style is a clear and simple design and a relatively simple process. Therefore the price will be much lower and the average family can afford , usullay the designed pattern on the art furniture in Tibet painted a lot of flower , variety of animals , birds ect.