Brass Dokra Work Cow From Orissa Bath Robes brass peacock coat hooks on

brass peacock coat hooks on painted teak bases adorned many elegant homes

Traditional iron strapwork remains visible at the corners

It stands on four sturdy

Assembly - This item comes disassembled for easy access to your home

a technique that developed during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) before reaching its finest expression in Jingdezhen during the Ming Dynasty

Brass Dokra Work Cow From Orissa Bath Robes brass peacock coat hooks onBrass Cow From Orissa ca 50 yrs old Dokra Work Dokra Damar tribes are the traditional metalsmiths of West Bengal. Their technique of lost wax casting is named after their tribe. The tribe extends from Bihar to West Bengal and Orissa; members are distant cousins of the Madhya Pradesh Dokras. A few hundred years ago the Dokras of Central and Eastern India travelled south as far as Kerala and north as far as Rajasthan. Dokra is a brass or bronze casting