Tibet - Small Cabinet Decorated With Chimera And Tigers - 20th Century.

Small conical deformed lacquered wood cabinet with two doors and a drawer. The front is decorated with a chimera head and scrolls. On each side, a walking tiger. Dimensions: Height: 44.5 cm; Length: 45.5 cm; Width: 25 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.