| C500.03 Reading desk or Altar Table |
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The art work on this collapsing table is very good. The over all theme is of table is being aware, which is very important and through this awareness helping others through out the cosmos. The top has a wonderfully clever Lotus as the iris and pupil in the eye of Buddha. The front has an offering bowl filled with Cintamani, accompanied by Tsebum and an assortment of other offerings and nedicinal items. The sides are rock cliffs representing the Tibetan letter E for thus I have said as front the Tibetan Buddhist scriptures. This is a portable altar table and is also used as a reading desk. It was used by a high lama to read and teach the Tibetan Buddhist scriptures. The end supports pivot underneath the table top (the entire end boad/support) and then the front support (the entire board with the offering bowl, cintamani etc.) pivots over the top of the two end supports into a cavity that is under the top. We have just a handful of these old portable altars/reading desks. The apron of the table is done in kyungbur, however not the usual zig-zag design of the Sange artists, rather the zig-zag is accented with an angular gold frond. As always the gold work is 24kt gold.
Age: approx 1930-40
Dimensions (overall) H=12" W=30.5" D=13.5" (all measurements + or - .25")
sale pending
item #C500.02 Price $485.00, plus shipping: ~EAST COAST $74.00 ~MIDWEST $65.00 ~MTN STATES $59.00 ~WEST COAST $52.00; other destinations, contact us for a quote.
Iconography
an iconography is not supplied with this piece, but may be purchased separately as part of the altars' documentation package that includes:
1. Brush signed Certificate Of Authenticity.
2. Map of area with short history.
3. Iconography
4. Pictures of Kuberd and his blessing on the altar table.
5. Pictures of the valley and an essay about the economy.
6. Pictures of the residences and an essay explaining how they live.
The documentation package is $99.00 and all of the proceeds are tax deductible and go to the Dron-me Association for Education and Eradication of Poverty.
