An English Private Collection of Tibetan Furniture, lots 94 to 111
A large painted wood 'dragon' storage chest
Tibet, 18th centuryThe crimson ground decorated in vibrant polychrome pigments with a central quatrefoil panel enclosing a ferocious writhing dragon grasping a flaming pearl amongst scrolling leafy lotus stems, on a floral brocade pattern ground, set within cusped corner spandrels enclosing scrolling foliage, framed within a border of further floral stems. 74cm (29in) high x 49cm (19 1/4in) deep x 144cm (56 3/4in)