An English Private Collection of Tibetan Furniture, lots 94 to 111
A painted wood 'dragon' storage chest
Tibet, 17th/18th centuryPainted to the front in polychrome pigments in part-raised decoration with a central arabesque panel enclosing a writhing, forward-facing dragon grasping a flaming pearl amongst cloud scrolls, all within cusped corner spandrels enclosing entwined scrolling foliage, all within borders of further polychrome clouds, all reserved on a crimson ground, the sides decorated with stylised foliate panels. 66cm (26in) high x 41cm (16in) deep x 110cm (43 1/4in wide)