Brass Dhokra Work Fish Money Box From Orissa - Ca 1920 Style - Teapot Crafted from solid elm

Crafted from solid elm

Porcelain is deeply rooted in Chinese history

Useful and decorative - Paraths were used as mixing bowls for making chapatti and paratha - They are found all over India

Our pieces are mostly 19th century & early 20th century They were usually made from elm

An incredibly good example of a pegam prayer table from Tibet with original painting

Brass Dhokra Work Fish Money Box From Orissa - Ca 1920 Style - Teapot Crafted from solid elmThis charming brass fish is from Orissa, on the east coast of India. There is a very long history of fishing there fish figures like this one would be given as a wedding gift to daughters during marriage. These jali fish were traditionally filled with sweet smelling spices and hung in huts, much the same as we used pot pourri, in Europe. Dhokra metal casting is one of the oldest traditional techniques of metal casting in India that uses the lost wax