Brass Dhokra Work Fish Money Box From Orissa - Ca 1920 Style - Teapot Our pieces are mostly 19th

Our pieces are mostly 19th century & early 20th century They were usually made from elm

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An incredibly good example of a pegam prayer table from Tibet with original painting

or minimalist settings

Brass Dhokra Work Fish Money Box From Orissa - Ca 1920 Style - Teapot Our pieces are mostly 19thThis charming brass fish is from Orissa, on the east coast of India. There is a very long history of fishing there fish figures like this one would be given as a wedding gift to daughters during marriage. These jali fish were traditionally filled with sweet smelling spices and hung in huts, much the same as we used pot pourri, in Europe. Dhokra metal casting is one of the oldest traditional techniques of metal casting in India that uses the lost wax