Small Takhat Table From Gujarat - 19th Century Origin - Thailand Junk Ships are trading vessels

Junk Ships are trading vessels with fully battened sails

It can be drunk both sweet (meethi lassi) and salty (namkeen lassi) and is most often flavoured with mango or herbs and spices like fennel

but there is still the original brass hardware

This fabulous Tibetan Leopard Panel was a door - It would make a very striking piece of wall art - Circa 90 years Old

Small Takhat Table From Gujarat - 19th Century Origin - Thailand Junk Ships are trading vesselsThis bijou size antique Indian coffee table is known locally as a takhat. Takhats were daybeds originally used by the wealthy merchant classes. This takhat would have belonged to a child in Gujarat and dates to the 19th century. Gujarati takhats are made from teak wood and have lacquered legs. They are far more decorative than Northern Rajasthani takhats. They're also wider, with a shorter, squatter leg in comparison to the more common Shekhawati