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Trunk with Phoenix17th-18th century

Not on view
Painted wooden storage chest with dark metal hardware, front panel decorated with a central floral medallion and dense scrolling cloud patterns in red, gold, and green
Painted wooden storage chest with iron corner fittings and central latch, decorated overall in red, gold, and green with dense floral scrollwork; a lobed cartouche on the front panel contains a flowering plant motif.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Trunk with Phoenix
Place Made
Tibet
Date Made
17th-18th century
Medium
Wood with mineral pigments, gilding, and gesso; metal fittings
Dimensions
25 1/2 x 50 x 18 in. (64.77 x 127 x 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2010 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2010.81.5
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes

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.