A tibetan chest hand painted

Tibetan furniture is also called art furniture and painted furniture .In addition to the basic paint, Tibetan furniture also frequently uses colored powder, sometimes gold and brass powder. Powder is used to highlight the visual effects of the three-dimensional sections of the surface being painted.  It is necessary to repeatedly apply layer after layer to achieve a realistic effect.Most household Tibetan furniture designs feature the four seasons or the eight auspicious Buddhist symbols.  The specifications for the painting style is very strict.  However, the four seasons painting style is a clear and simple design and a relatively simple process.  Therefore the price will be much lower and the average family can afford , usullay the designed pattern on the art furniture in Tibet painted a lot of flower , variety of animals , birds ect.

Amongst Tibet furniture, cabinets are perhaps the most popular for the ease with which they can be adapted into a modern home. Under this category are also included altars and pegams, the cabinets with the carved frames around the top, designed to hold the long-leaf Tibetan books. The most usual cabinets, the ones with the panels and doors opening in the front were found both in the Tibetan monasteries as well as in the homes, leading to a wide variety of decoration. Notable are the yangam and torgam used respectively to hold blessed vases and ritual offering cakes, know as torma. The cabinets produced in the Eastern Tibetan region of Kham are usually made with much more massive structures and bright, bold colours and designs which reflect the character of the people of the region. With the cabinets, particularly, the artists of the day could give free reign to their aesthetic inspiration, without the iconographic constraints of religious art. Therefore, the cabinets offer a wide variety of decorations, from floral patterns, geometric designs and Buddhist auspicious symbols, to pictorial representations of popular stories.

Tibetan tables have the longest history among Tibetan furniture, and are varied in shape and design. They mainly serve as dinning tables and tea tables. Some times, they are also used in religious ceremonies. These tables are designed in a special way. Some of them can be folded, very convenient. Most of the Tibetan tables are covered with paintings of dragon or other peculiar animals, and are engraved with patterns of leaves, bamboos, etc.

Tibetan furniture is rich in color. Red, yellow and brown are the ones most favored by people there. Paintings on the furniture are often related to religion, which can be mysterious in an outsiders eye.
Simple classifications Tibetan furniture consists of cabinet, table and chest.Tibetan cabinets are common in tibetan people's  home. Most of them have more or less similar designs. They are used as dinning tables, writing desks, and deposit cupboards, placing food, clothes, quilts, and religious instruments. Because of their many functions, they are always oily in appearance. But do not wipe the grease out, for it serves as precious protection to the cabinet. 

This is a  Tibetan chest with two doors and two draws,There are three shelves behind the door , The Tibetan chest been painted by hand , This tibetan middle size chest is a reproducted piece , It aged  like a Qing dynasty piece,The red frame yellow background , The flower "gesang' is simbolized of prosperity and piece !

A tibetan chest
Native tibetan hand painted
Natural colour
Tibetan old pine wood
Made like 80years.