Painted Red & Black Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Style - Tea Caddy An Indian brass hollow head

An Indian brass hollow head representing the goddess Gauri (the Glowing One) also known as Parvati who was the consort of Shiva and epitomised marital fidelity and devotion

Materials: Carved wood

Material: Brass and copper

It is handcrafted in small batches like all of our porcelain products

the king of Hastinapura

Painted Red & Black Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Style - Tea Caddy An Indian brass hollow headThis exquisite antique sideboard from Gansu province in Northern China was used for storing clothing and grain by the nomadic people of Gansu and the surrounding areas in the 19th century. The cabinet doors are beautifully decorated with household objects with a central panel depicting a high ranking Chinese official traveling in a wheeled palanquin accompanied by guards on horseback. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front