This wooden trunk is embellished with stamped leather inserts on the front panel and ornate metal fittings inlaid with gold ornamentation, including openwork corner protectors, reinforcement fittings, and a hasp engraved with auspicious symbols. See David Kamansky, ed., Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life (Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum and Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004), pp. 256-257, no. 78.