Painted Pegam Prayer Table From Tibet - Ca 1900 Console Tables An antique 19th-century jackfruit wood

An antique 19th-century jackfruit wood set of doors from Kerala in South India

this has mostly worn away on the table top to reveal a beautiful Walnut grain covered in a luxurious patina

Dimensions: W30 x D24 x H26 cm

You see them carved on the beams over doorways and windows

89 x 58 x 63 (wxdxh cms)

Painted Pegam Prayer Table From Tibet - Ca 1900 Console Tables An antique 19th-century jackfruit woodThis 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