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Baronet 4 Tibet
Tibetan Buddhist Art furniture & Antiques from the monasteries of the Ser Shong (Golden Valley)
 
Baronet 4 Tibet

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All items that Baronet sells have been Blessed by the Lama Rinpoche Sang Zha AKA Kuberd , October 2008. Pictures available with purchase.

Baronet 4 Tibet offers an exclusive array of hand-painted Tibetan antique & vintage furniture, Buddhist altars, offering cabinets, & Tibetan Buddhist art, created at the monasteries of the Golden Valley These are historically significant creations that predate & have survived the cultural purges of the 1960-70s.  Most come with a certificate of authenticity, brush-signed by one of the surviving monks.  This region is famous in Tibet for its artists. Art at monasteries throughout Asia is done or influenced by monks & other artisans from this Valley. The Potala Palace purchases tangkas & utilizes artists from the Sange monasteries (Wutun in Chinese). Please visit our "About the Golden Valley " page for interesting information and history concerning the Golden Valley and the monasteries & villages in the valley. Baronet uses the Tibetan names instead of the Chinese names on our web site. We apologize for any confusion.

 

Buddhist Prayer Wheel
link to tangka and mandala page with pictures of artists
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." New, vintage and antique wheels are available.

Tangkas and mandalas painted by monks & artists of the Golden Valley (Ser Shong). Get to know your artist; all tangkas and mandalas are not created equal.

 
link to page with multiple tibetan Buddhist Alter tables all hand painted link to page with multiple Tibetan Lama's storage cabinets

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.

 

Beautiful dual purpose: altar or storage. Hand-painted Tibetan furniture made for use in the Labrangs (Lamas' residences). Each has an interesting story & meaning.

 

 

Cedar storage trunk page
butter lamp stand with lotus blossoms on top drawer and dragons and geometric design on two doors

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.

 

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.

 
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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.
 
   

 

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.