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This type of cabinet is known as a yangam in Tibetan, and it was used for storing wealth vases. These vases would be blessed once a year in a ceremony by a lama. They would then be stored in the yangam, next to the altar, in order to bring wealth and happiness to the household. This particular piece has an unusual design on the stark cinnabar-red background. On the left panel is a tree with flowers and fruit. On the right panel from a lake, a cluster of rocks emerges, taking the form of two of the Eight Auspicious Symbols, namely the Lotus and the Eternal Knot, and finally forming a cluster of jewels at the top. Delicate flowers and ferns grow from the rocks and a rainbow arcs around them. This type of rock composition is found in the background of the thankhas, religious paintings, belonging to the 18th Century, Karma Ga-dri, school of Tibetan painting. | |||||
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Code SC220 |
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