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Tibetan Buddhist altar tables, hand-painted by monks at the Sange monasteries. Traditional Tibetan Buddhist symbolism in brilliant colors, complete with historical details & iconographies. We also have a small selection of Han-style altar tables with plenty of Rebgong influence. Altars date from the early 16th century to the mid- 20th century. |
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Beautiful dual purpose: altar or storage. Hand-painted Tibetan furniture made for use in the Labrangs (Lamas' residences). Each has an interesting story & meaning. |
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Tibetan Buddhist chests made of aromatic cedar & elm, known as choyon trunks; such trunks are part of a tradition going back to Godan Khan & the year 1244. Hand-painted by the some of the best artists at the Sange monasteries. |
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Tibetan yak butter lamp stands; also known as Chösum stands. Tibetan Buddhist iconography hand-painted on the front and both sides. Used to house the toma made from the tsampa during the year as an offering.
Chosum stands have been moved to the Offering cabinet page
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Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels, hand- painted by the monks of the Sange monasteries. Mantras in gold kyungbur on the barrels, "OM MANI PADME HUM." Avalokiteshvara's 6-syllable mantra, "Jewel in the heart of the Lotus." Vintage and antique wheels are available, supply is very limited. |
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Baronet proudly supports and is a consultant to the Dronmi Association for Education and the Eradication of Poverty. Dronmi is an in-country Tibetan grass roots NGO primarily funded by Tibetan nomads. The association was legally chartered in Tibet and China in December of 2008. Please click on the logo above and visit their web site and donate. |
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Specially designed boxes made of Juniper to store and transport the Tibetan Buddhist Holy scriptures. |
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Links to Tibetan or Buddhist sites of interest
If you have suggestions for us to add please email us: note that we will not post links to web sites that would be considered controversial by some governments. We have plenty of work to do in Tibet and want to be able to travel freely and do not want to endanger any of our friends or associates.
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Tibetan Buddhist art, includes: temple wall hangings~like a tangka~manuscript-covers, paintings of historical teachers and deities with special mantras and prayers. |
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Tibetan Antique Furniture
The Upper Sange Monastery began a massive rebuilding project in 2004 & emptied out most of the residential compounds & demolished them. The monks' private altars & shrines were sold as there was no where to store them, & new residences were designed with built-in shrines & Tibetan Buddhist altars. At this time, Baronet purchased the Tibetan furniture we currently have in inventory. The Lower Sange Monastery demolished their Assembly Hall & main temple in 1988 & started rebuilding. We have several items preserved from these destroyed buildings.
The Sange-certified items currently on this web site (& some no longer available here) are now being reproduced & marketed as original items on other web sites as vintage pieces from Nepal. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Please be careful when purchasing from the web, as many sellers are not aware that their suppliers are offering knock-offs.
Today's market is flooded with so-called "antique" Tibetan furniture which is, in fact, mass-produced in China & Malaysia. Consequently, we've asked the monks to authenticate the dates & place of creation & the artist, when known, of these pieces, thus providing the buyer with evidence of the item's provenance. Historical records indicate that furniture was typically not present in Tibetan households & what furniture did exist, was at monasteries.
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