This is a medium height table, which suggests that it was originally used in front of an important lama’s throne in a monastery or in front of a nobleman’s raised seat in a domestic chapel. The openwork central panel ingeniously depicts the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism by combining seven small symbols to create the larger eighth symbol, the vase. The flanking front panels each depict birds amidst foliage. In the top panel two deer flank the Buddhist Wheel of the Law, representing Buddha Shakyamuni’s First Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath, India. The table’s bottom apron is carved in a cloud pattern and adorned with the face of a mythical animal, the zipac, which is an apotropaic symbol resembling the Indian "Face of Glory" (kirttimukha). The upper end panels are also openwork with a bird on a flowering vine. The lower end panels are painted with four motifs and a precious jewel. The proper right lower panel is also a door to access the table’s interior shelving. On the rear of the table is a sliding door.