Tibetan "Torgam" Prayer Cabinet - Late 18thC Garden colour and carvings may vary

colour and carvings may vary slightly from the images shown

The lamp is raised on a finely cast stambha pedestal hand carved with geometric concentric bands

It is decorative

Paan boxes are found across Asia and due to the wide variety of styles and designs

Available in 3 sizes

Tibetan "Torgam" Prayer Cabinet - Late 18thC Garden colour and carvings may varyTorgams or Torkhams were normally set into the wall of a house or monastery hence the stepped construction. These cabinets are constructed from cedar or pine and decorated in the traditional Tibetan colours. Often used as family altars or to store religious scrolls, silk ceremonial clothes, family jewellery and the yak butter used in votive lamps. Original antique Tibetan cabinets are now very rare and there are many reproduction pieces made in China