Brass Bound Jewellery Box From Kutch - 19th Century Famille-Rose Porcelain and captures the timeless elegance

and captures the timeless elegance of Mughal-influenced design with its bone inlay patterns

Bottom Left: Garuda (khyung) the mythical lord of birds

Chests of this type were usually for storing clothes and were called isho dansu

41 x 16 x 61 (wxdxh cms)

The lacquer is a resin made from the sap of the Rhus verniciflua tree

Brass Bound Jewellery Box From Kutch - 19th Century Famille-Rose Porcelain and captures the timeless eleganceThis is an excellent example of a small Kutchi chest from the Rann of Kutch on the west coast of India. Bound with brass and made from solid teak, it dates from the 19th century and has a wonderful patina.