- Title
- Table with Openwork Auspicious Symbols
- Date Made
- 17th-18th century
- Medium
- Wood with mineral pigments
- Dimensions
- 17 1/2 x 28 x 11 1/4 in. (44.45 x 71.12 x 28.58 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2010.83.1
- Collecting Area
- South and Southeast Asian Art
- Curatorial Notes
This table has an openwork front panel with an understated design of two large diamond-shaped frames with double thunderbolts (vishva vajras) in cloud forms and rosettes in the center. Half-double thunderbolts fill the interstices between the diamonds. The corner designs are cloud forms. In the center junction of the two diamond points is a medallion with a multicolored yin-yang or taijitu symbol. The topboard and sides are unadorned. The back is open with a single stretcher bar.
See David Kamansky, ed., Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life (Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum and Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004), p. 202, no. 25.
- Selected Exhibition History
- Ritual Offerings in Tibetan Art. Saturday, September 13, 2014 - Sunday, October 25, 2015
- Ritual Offerings in Tibetan Art. Saturday, September 13, 2014 - Sunday, October 25, 2015
