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Cabinetlate 19th-20th century

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Painted wooden cabinet with crimson, gold, and dark lacquer finish, decorated with panels depicting dragons, robed figures, flowering trees, and vases across three drawers and four doors
Painted wooden cabinet with red top surface, three small drawers with metal ring pulls, and two rows of rectangular panels decorated with polychrome motifs including dragons, figures, flowering plants, and vases on red and gold grounds; dark brown surround with worn, aged lacquer surface.
Painted wooden cabinet with three small drawers above two double doors, decorated with polychrome panels depicting dragons, floral arrangements, and figural scenes on red and gold grounds, set within a dark brown frame with worn lacquer surface.
Painted wooden cabinet doors with four panels, each featuring a red ground with gilded and polychrome mythical creatures — dragons on the upper panels and lion-like figures on the lower panels — surrounded by cloud motifs in gold and green, with worn dark wood framing.
Lacquered panel with four painted rectangular sections in gold and red. Top left: birds and flowering tree by water on gold ground. Top right: dragon amid clouds on red ground. Bottom left: flowering plant in decorative vessel on gold ground. Bottom right: mythical lion-like creature amid clouds and rocky landscape on red ground. Worn lacquer surface with gilt detailing throughout.
Lacquered wooden panel with four rectangular painted sections in dark frames. Top left: green dragon on red ground with gold clouds. Top right: lotus flowers and birds on gold ground. Bottom left: mythical feline creature amid gold clouds on red ground. Bottom right: red peonies in a bronze vase on gold ground. Worn surface with gilded scroll details on the framing.
Painted panel depicting a coiling dragon with scaled body and clawed feet against a deep red background, surrounded by gold and orange auspicious clouds; fine ink linework with gold detailing, within a dark bordered frame.
Painted panel depicting a coiling dragon in dark olive and gold against a vibrant red ground, surrounded by stylized flames and auspicious clouds in orange and gold; fine scale detailing throughout, with visible wear at edges.
Painted wooden panel with deep red ground, depicting two golden lion-like creatures with flowing manes and fierce expressions amid stylized gold and dark clouds, with a flaming jewel in the upper right; flat, linear brushwork in the Tibetan decorative painting tradition.
Painted panel depicting a snow lion in golden-ochre tones against a vermilion red ground, rendered in Tibetan style with fine linear brushwork. The leaping figure has a flowing green mane and tail, surrounded by stylized clouds in red and gold, with rocky formations at upper left and a circular motif at lower center.
Painted lacquer panel with aged gold ground, depicting a pine tree at left with rounded green foliage, two phoenix-like birds in flight and standing near rocky outcroppings, and stylized red clouds in the upper right; fine ink outlines with polychrome detail.
Painted wooden panel depicting a decorative vase with scrolling handles on a carved stand, holding an arrangement of red, blue, and pink flowers with green foliage against a worn golden ground, framed by a dark border with rounded corners.
Painted panel on a gold ground depicting a floral still life: a green two-handled ceremonial vase on a carved wooden stand, holding large red and deep crimson peonies with green foliage, rendered in flat decorative style with visible age and wear.
Painted lacquer panel with aged golden ground, framed by a lobed border with red edging. A deer stands beneath a leafy tree at center right, with flowering plants at left, a bird perched among branches, and stylized clouds in the upper corner. Polychrome pigments in green, red, and brown show visible wear.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Cabinet
Place Made
Eastern Tibet, Kham region or China
Date Made
late 19th-20th century
Medium
Wood with mineral pigments and gilding
Dimensions
41 1/4 × 44 × 18 1/4 in. (104.78 × 111.76 × 46.36 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Hayward, Ph.D. and Robert Hayward, M.D., in honor of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan people, art and culture, through the 2010 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2010.78.18
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes

This cabinet is decorated with a Chinese-style aesthetic. Along the top are three drawers with replacement pull straps. The center drawer has two painted bowls of fruit. The flanking drawers have flowering branches of peonies. Beneath the drawers are two horizontal rows of four rectangular figural panels. The top row of panels from left to right has two phoenixes beside a tree with a lake fed by waterfalls; two panels of confronting four-clawed writhing dragons; and a panel of a male and female deer beside a tree with partridges and a hillock with peonies. The lower row of panels has two confronting, prancing snow lions in the center flanked by peonies in a vase on a stand. All three rows are bordered by lotus scrolls. The topboard is painted red. The sides are unadorned. The bottom board is a plain replacement. See also M.2010.78.17.