Octagonal Bajot Low Prayer Table From Rajasthan - 19th Century Material - Zelkova Wood This colourful Indian lacquer box

This colourful Indian lacquer box is a good collectors piece

former wheeled toy form

particularly control over water

23 x 22 x 38 (wxdxh cms)

Framed in the UK in matt black frame

Octagonal Bajot Low Prayer Table From Rajasthan - 19th Century Material - Zelkova Wood This colourful Indian lacquer boxAn octagonal roheda wood temple prayer table from Rajasthan and would have been used for daily puja. The original lacquer beading is colourful and it has a central brass inset. Dating from the middle to late 19th century. These type of low Indian prayer table were known as Bajots and are found in many styles around India. Although used for Hindu prayers, the shape of this table shows a remarkable similarity to the Islamic Rub el Hizb known as the