Trunk with Phoenix

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Trunk with Phoenix

Tibet, 17th-18th century
Furnishings; Furniture
Wood with mineral pigments, gilding, and gesso; metal fittings
25 1/2 x 50 x 18 in. (64.77 x 127 x 45.72 cm)
Gift of the 2010 Collectors Committee (M.2010.81.5)
South and Southeast Asian Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

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This trunk and its mate M.2010.81.4 feature central cartouches with mirror-image phoenixes standing on a multicolored lotus. Six gilt and gesso dragons in foliage surround each cartouche. The central panel has cloud-form corner designs in gold. The floral border around the central panel continues on the front edge of the trunk lid. It has reinforcement metal fittings and a locking hasp with ornate cloud-form clasp plates. See David Kamansky, ed., Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life (Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum and Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004), pp. 266-267, nos. 87-88.
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