Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Tibet - 19thC Finish - Brown Lacquer combining robust local materials with

combining robust local materials with the elegant ornamental forms of the original Coalbrookdale style

Torgams or Torkhams were normally set into the wall of a house or monastery - hence the stepped construction

224 x 45 x 86 (wxdxh cms)

Originally this piece would have been painted multiple times during its lifetime

Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Tibet - 19thC Finish - Brown Lacquer combining robust local materials withAn excellent example of an antique Tibetan painted choksar dating from the 19th century. This particular Choksar is decorated with traditional shou symbols at each end, and lotus flowers, the symbol of the path to enlightenment of the soul. Choksars (as with antique Tibetan furniture in general) are becoming increasingly rare. Choksars were used as prayer tables by monks for reading scrolls and books. A yak butter lamp would be burnt regularly which