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Painted Altar Cabinet From Tibet - 19thC Wine Tables Kantha is a centuries-old traditionThis Altar cabinet has beautiful floral decoration on a gold background. The painting is original. These cabinets are constructed from cedar or pine and decorated in the traditional Tibetan colours. They were often used as family altars & were used to store religious scrolls, silk ceremonial clothes, family jewellery and yak butter used in lamps. Original antique Tibetan cabinets are now very rare and there are many reproduction pieces made in China