Ming Style Huali Chinese Console Table - Circa 1945 Architectural Windows These pots are hand painted

These pots are hand painted using Rajasthani techniques blending traditional Mughal designs with a modern green twist

Our antique hundi are mostly 19th or early 20th century

Woods used are elm

they formed part of daily domestic life and were often taken to work or on long journeys as practical portable food containers

These boxes are also called opium boxes

Ming Style Huali Chinese Console Table - Circa 1945 Architectural Windows These pots are hand paintedThis beautiful old Chinese hardwood console table is constructed from huali wood, specifically Vietnamese yellow huali ( yunn hung) a form of rosewood. The wood grain is incredibly decorative this would have been an expensive commission made by a master carpenter. An identical but larger version can be seen in Chinese Domestic Furniture by Gustav Ecke (pl. 66) made in jichimu (chickenwing). There are two possibilities; either this is a this is a