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Table with a Precious Jewel1640-1700

Not on view
Carved wooden shelf or altar table with crimson, dark green, and gold painted apron featuring scrolling vines and a central flower in relief
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Table with a Precious Jewel
Place Made
Tibet
Date Made
1640-1700
Medium
Wood with mineral pigments
Dimensions
15 x 38 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (38.1 x 98.43 x 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dylan, Wendy, Emma and David Garland, through the 2010 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2010.80.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes

The apron of this table is adorned with a flaming wish-fulfilling jewel, symbolic of the Three Jewels (triratna) of Buddhism: the Buddha (the enlightened one), the Dharma (the teachings and path to enlightenment), and the Sangha (the community of practitioners). The precious gem rises from a lotus blossom with scrolling foliage. The ends of the table are cabriole legs with foliate bases. See David Kamansky, ed., Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life (Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum and Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004), pp. 188-189, no. 13. See also M.2010.78.1, M.2010.78.8, and M.2010.84.