A LARGE TIBETAN 'DRAGON' CHEST

£2,000 - £3,000

A LARGE TIBETAN 'DRAGON' CHEST
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Painted on a sized cotton ground with a central cartouche containing a front-facing dragon and Buddhist emblems, including a conch, an eternal knot, and a kalasha, amongst clouds and flowers, encircled by stylised flowers and red foliate scrolls within a geometric border, the short sides painted with shou characters, with iron fittings, 73cm x 142cm x 47cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Mr Nicholas Squire (1949-2024), Suffolk, England.

Published: Spink, The Mirror of Mind, Art of Vajrayana Buddhism, 1995, p.90, item 57.

十八/十九世紀漆木彩繪龍紋衣箱
來源: 英國薩福克郡Nicholas Squire先生（1949-2024）收藏。
出版: Spink, The Mirror of Mind, Art of Vajrayana Buddhism, 1995 年, 頁 90, 57號。