Cabinet with Dragons

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Cabinet with Dragons

Tibet, late 19th century
Furnishings; Furniture
Wood with mineral pigments, gilding, and gesso; brass fittings
40 x 39 1/2 x 18 in. (101.6 x 100.33 x 45.72 cm)
Gift of Ruth Hayward, Ph.D. and Robert Hayward, M.D., in honor of Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, with appreciation for his informed and inclusive vision of art for the city and people of Los Angeles, through the 2010 Collectors Committee (M.2010.78.12)
South and Southeast Asian Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

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This cabinet and its mate M.2010.78.11 each display four four-clawed dragons in primarily black paint and gesso set in square panels on the front divided by right-angled molding strips. The undulating tales of the dragons are symmetrically positioned so that the top two dragons alternate with the bottom two dragons. The dragon heads are painted green, red, and white. The background and borders are floating clouds painted in black with gold outline. Both cabinets have a brass locking hasp and a brass fitting in the center of the borders that is probably a support pole for inner shelves. See David Kamansky, ed., Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life (Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum and Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004), pp. 294-295, nos. 115-116.
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