I returned from Oregon early this morning intent on not falling asleep during the daylight hours. I was hoping to head off any jet lag I may experience with waking up for work todmorrow. I went home after the airport and caught up on my emails and payed some bills and just as my eyes started to feel heavy -- I remembered that Robert, a local Chinese furniture dealer, opens up his shop on Sunday afternoons. It has been some time since I had visited and his prices are are very affordable and he has a good variety of Chinese and Tibetan furniture. I've wanted a Tibetan cabinet for a while now and was just waiting for an excuse to drive out to Queens and for the right opportunity to present itself. Tibetan cabinet are tiny by most standards and most are barely 2 1/2 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Tibetan furniture is typically hand painted with floral or animal motifs and the smaller pieces usually appeal to me and my wallet. I picked up a small end table and cabinet with a mixed floral and dragon motif. Both pieces are from
Tibet and are probably from the 1970's. There is some writing on the base of the cabinet (see closue-up below)that I am assuming is in Tibetan. It doesnt look like Chinese although I do not know for sure. If anyone could translate, it would be greatly appreciated.
I returned from Oregon early this morning intent on not falling asleep during the daylight hours. I was hoping to head off any jet lag I may experience with waking up for work todmorrow. I went home after the airport and caught up on my emails and payed some bills and just as my eyes started to feel heavy -- I remembered that Robert, a local Chinese furniture dealer, opens up his shop on Sunday afternoons. It has been some time since I had visited and his prices are are very affordable and he has a good variety of Chinese and Tibetan furniture. I've wanted a Tibetan cabinet for a while now and was just waiting for an excuse to drive out to Queens and for the right opportunity to present itself. Tibetan cabinet are tiny by most standards and most are barely 2 1/2 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Tibetan furniture is typically hand painted with floral or animal motifs and the smaller pieces usually appeal to me and my wallet. I picked up a small end table and cabinet with a mixed floral and dragon motif. Both pieces are from Tibet and are probably from the 1970's. There is some writing on the base of the cabinet (see closue-up below)that I am assuming is in Tibetan. It doesnt look like Chinese although I do not know for sure. If anyone could translate, it would be greatly appreciated.
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