Gilt Painted Tibetan Altar Cabinet - Late 19th Century Coasters This antique brass chapati box

This antique brass chapati box dates to around 1900 and would once have been used in Rajasthan for storing and transporting chapati (wheat flatbread) and naan

Nagaland is a relatively inaccessible and unexplored area of India which borders with Myanmar

The functionality of this shelf makes it ideal for storing soaps and brushes in bathrooms and kitchens

These chests are perfect for a bijou coffee table

carved peacocks and traces of the original paintwork

Gilt Painted Tibetan Altar Cabinet - Late 19th Century Coasters This antique brass chapati boxThis antique Tibetan altar cabinet is gilt and polychromed with dragons among the clouds decorating each of its four doors. The painting design is a ragdul finish over fine kyungbur gesso work and the style is similar to that found in Tsurpu monastery in Central Tibet suggesting this cabinet could be from that region. Ragdul (Dutch Gold) was a technique of gilding using brass powder The dragons on this cabinet are painted in the Qing style. This is a