Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Mongolia - 19th Century Style - Teapot This pichwai unusually comes from

This pichwai unusually comes from Kishangarh in Rajasthan

13 x 13 x 8 (wxdxh cms)

Torkham (or Torgam) cabinets were used to store ritual cakes or torma

113 x 8 x 198 (w x d x h cms)

For a similar example see Page 122 of The Everyday Art of India by Robert F

Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Mongolia - 19th Century Style - Teapot This pichwai unusually comes fromThis is a beautiful specimen of an antique 19th century Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Mongolia. It features delicate floral artwork painted in two central frames, surrounded by a repeating pattern along the edges of the piece. Choksars (as with antique Mongolian and Tibetan furniture in general) are becoming increasingly rare. Choksars were used as prayer tables by monks for reading scrolls and books. A yak butter lamp would be burnt regularly