Early Tibetan Choksar Prayer Table - 17th Century Wool Design: Isho-dansu (clothing chest) with

Design: Isho-dansu (clothing chest) with four main drawers

Set against a fresh white field

The stambha supports a traditional yoni-shaped oil reservoir (a symbol of feminine creative energy and fertility) with a stylised peacock sitting at the rear

gentle soap

This Indian cast brass dhokra figure is almost certainly Mitki and is from the Bastar tribes of Chhattisgarh

Early Tibetan Choksar Prayer Table - 17th Century Wool Design: Isho-dansu (clothing chest) withAn excellent example of an antique Tibetan painted choksar dating from the 17th century and one of the oldest we have encountered. This particular Choksar is decorated with beautiful floral carvings with a central lotus flower. The early dating of this piece can be attributed to similar pieces found in 'Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life' by Kamansky where multiple examples were carbon dated with attributions between 15th