Painted Indian Tiger Toy - Ca 1940 Green Porcelain This vintage Indian glazed wall

This vintage Indian glazed wall cabinet has been painted in beautiful subtle blue tones

making this an attractive piece for collectors of South Asian decorative arts and traditional craft objects

The style is from Shanxi province and it is constructed from northern elm (yumu)

35 cms long

The five drawers would have originally been solid panels and were later converted to drawers

Painted Indian Tiger Toy - Ca 1940 Green Porcelain This vintage Indian glazed wallThis colourful and characterful Indian tiger toy figurine is from either Surat or Channapatna in Karnataka. Channapatna is renowned to this day for its production of painted Indian toys. Tigers have been a symbol of India for over 5000 years remain so to this day. Production of these figurines began in the mid 19th century with an example from 1965 on display in the V&A museum. From India UK Delivery Charge except Highlands & Islands 7. 50 More