Painted Pegam Prayer Table From Tibet - Ca 1900 Console Tables The patinated teak and iron

The patinated teak and iron would fit into a range of interior styles

You see them carved on the beams over doorways and windows

The figure is then sculpted from this wax mixture

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5 x 19 x 109 (wxdxh cms)

Painted Pegam Prayer Table From Tibet - Ca 1900 Console Tables The patinated teak and ironThis old Tibetan prayer table would have been used as a writing desk and is called a pegam in Tibet. It has a scalloped back & side panels. Pegams were used by monks for reading manuscripts and they are rare to find today. Painted using traditional techniques with stone and mineral pigments. The central figure of Hvashang can be seen surrounded by children with mala beads around his neck. Hvashang was a Chinese monk and a patron of the arhats. He is