Tibet - Conical Covered Box - Deer Decor - 20th.

Conical box with a lid in yellow lacquered wood. It is placed on four curved feet connected to each other by a scalloped belt. The rim is decorated with deer and lotus and foliage. Very good condition. Dimensions: Height: 32.5 cm; Length: 28 cm; Width: 28 cm. Origin: Tibet. Period: 20th century. Conditions: Very good general condition. Provenance: Tchen Gi-Vane Collection Tchen Gi-Vane was born in 1924, the daughter of a father who was a great newspaper publisher in the Republic of China, Cheng Shewo. A graduate of the Shanghai Higher School of Music, she went on tour in France with a Hong Kong music group and met her husband, the French engineer Philippe Bertrand (1926-2023). They got married and settled permanently in Rambouillet, surrounded by the young woman's works of art which were regularly loaned to the National Museum of Modern Art. For Tchen Gi-Vane, it is also a way out in his escape from Maoism.