Tibetan Painted Panel of Güsh Khaan With Tiger - 18thC Lighting featured in "Decorative Arts of

featured in "Decorative Arts of The China Trade" by C L Crossman - Colour Plate 92

this chest — or pataro in the local dialect — would once have held an elaborate dowry

Three beautifully stylized carved marble elephants with traces of original paintwork

Natural Lacquer

historic surface marks and losses to the original lacquer consistent with over a century of use

Tibetan Painted Panel of Güsh Khaan With Tiger - 18thC Lighting featured in "Decorative Arts ofThis 18th century wooden Tibetan panel depicts a classic scene of a Mongol holding a chained tiger. During his reign, Gsh Khaan (1582 14 January 1655), the descendant of Qasar (the younger brother of Genghis Khan) conquered much of Tibet. Many Tibetans protested against his rule and according to Tibetan and Mongolian legend, they sent a cursed tiger to kill him. When the tiger arrived Gsh Khaan tamed it and led it with a chain. The Tibetans were so