Indian Folk Art Tiger Panel from Rajasthan Chest Materials: Teak wood with later

Materials: Teak wood with later glass top

This original military chest is made to Anglo-Indian military standards

79 x 9 x 61 (w x d x h cms)

Though not antique

27 x 27 x 42 (wxdxh cms)

Indian Folk Art Tiger Panel from Rajasthan Chest Materials: Teak wood with laterThis large scale painted tiger panel presents a contemporary interpretation of Rajasthani folk art. It features a stylised tiger set within a simplified, ochre toned landscape. The flattened perspective, rhythmic striping, and sparse tree forms reference rural painting traditions from western India, where imagery was often graphic, symbolic, and decorative in intent rather than naturalistic. The tiger motif has become widely recognised in European