Carved Elephant Corbel From South India - Late 18th Century Furniture essential for achieving enlightenment

essential for achieving enlightenment

and lively pink floral motifs

Old Painted Box From Rajasthan - 19th century with Original Paint

Materials: Hand-painted paper with wooden frame

These glass lamps are known in India as Handis or Hundis named after a cooking pot

Carved Elephant Corbel From South India - Late 18th Century Furniture essential for achieving enlightenmentThis beautifully carved architectural bracket is from a set of four and would have come from a large chariot called a 'Rath' or sometimes 'Juggernaut'. These giant rolling temples from South India were pulled by teams of devotional worshipers often hundreds strong. Beautiful carvings like this often adorned the chariots. This piece has significant age and dates to the latter part of the 18th century. In India, the elephant was considered regal and a