Old Brass Dhokra Rice Measure From Sundergarh, Orissa - Early 20thC Style - Huluping 'Double Gourd' Vase they have become very popular

they have become very popular with collectors

aged patina

The hinged lid opens to reveal a spacious interior fitted with an internal candle box

Although the art of Persian carpet making goes back many centuries

Supplied with a single ES fitting but excluding the bulb - wired and tested in the U

Old Brass Dhokra Rice Measure From Sundergarh, Orissa - Early 20thC Style - Huluping 'Double Gourd' Vase they have become very popularDokra Damar tribes are the traditional metalsmiths of West Bengal. Their technique of lost wax casting is named after their tribe. The tribe extends from Bihar to West Bengal and Orissa; members are distant cousins of the Madhya Pradesh Dokras. A few hundred years ago the Dokras of Central and Eastern India traveled south as far as Kerala and north as far as Rajasthan. Dokra also spelled Dhokra is a brass or bronze casting made using the lost wax