Indian Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19thC Chapati Box It's been well used but

It's been well used but also cared for so it does show modest signs of wear as well as slight fading at one end most likely due to prolonged sunlight exposure

A Hand Carved wood elephant from Madhya Pradesh - RajasthanThis is an old piece dating from the late 18th centuryIt was originally painted

it is finished internally with hanji (later replaced)

3 Sizes available:

Developed and perfected at the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen during the Kangxi reign (1662–1722)

Indian Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19thC Chapati Box It's been well used butKnown as stick boxes, these boxes were passed down through the family with each generation in the Thar desert area of West Rajasthan and were used as dowry chests. Wood is very scarce in the desert and the resourceful tribes people of this area made these boxes from sticks harvested from the Kair tree Capparis decidua. The sticks are then riveted together with hand wrought iron fittings to make a very sturdy box. 107 x 58 x 60 (wxdxh cms) UK Delivery