Painted Indian 2 Door Pithara Console Chest Material - Jackfruit Wood Chola bronzes use an alloy

Chola bronzes use an alloy is known as Pancha Loham

Oil was kept in the small depression in the handle

213 x 40 x 87 (wxdxh cms)

Rising pure and beautiful from muddy waters

This would make a beautiful dresser or display shelf in a kitchen or living room

Painted Indian 2 Door Pithara Console Chest Material - Jackfruit Wood Chola bronzes use an alloyThis fabulously decorative chest has been reduced in depth and has had two doors added to create an exotic and unusual sideboard. Teak with hand forged iron banding, it has been repainted with traditional Indian designs. In it's previous life this 19thC chest was used to store dowry and was known as a pithara. This style of pithara is from a Kathi home in Saurashtra and was known in the local dialect as a pataro. The Kathi were a ruling caste in