Mongolian Buddhist Shrine Cabinet, with 1 Drawer

Low, square and painted red. A small altar table with a drawer for the necessary things.

This Buddhist shrine cabinet, with 1 drawer, comes from Mongolia, mid 18th century, in lacquered and painted pine wood. In Mongolian Buddhist homes and temples, low painted cabinets like this supported devotional images and offerings, usually placed where a family would sit on the floor. The top is a muted red with a darker square panel at its center. An orange drawer with a single iron ring pull sits between red posts, and the paint looks worn and scuffed. Twelve inches high and just under twenty-two wide.

Everything about it is at sitting height, and in no hurry.