Vintage Painted Pithara Console Chest Origin - Persia Double peacock carvings at the

Double peacock carvings at the foot of the mirror symbolise good luck and the detailed carving signifies this Indian mirror as originating from Hyderabad in South India

This Kuba Cloth from the Congo is unusually long

Tibet and Nepal

This antique Japanese safe box dates to circa 1860

This would make a fabulous coffee table

Vintage Painted Pithara Console Chest Origin - Persia Double peacock carvings at theThis fabulously decorative Indian chest is a copy of an old Gujarati pithara dowry chest. It is shallower than traditional pithara dowry chests making it practical as a console table or sideboard. Constructed from teak wood with hand forged iron banding, it has been painted with traditional Indian designs. 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