Painted Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - 19th Century Material - Red Coral It has a gold painted

It has a gold painted distressed finish

170 x 45 x 50 (wxdxh cms)

This Japanese kannon biraki tansu chest dates to the very end of the Edo period (1603-1868) - circa 1840 or 1850

as such it is highly prized in China and therefore more expensive

hand-stitched detailing

Painted Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - 19th Century Material - Red Coral It has a gold paintedThis evocative 19th century painted teak votive panel from Andhra Pradesh has the direct, sculptural presence of true folk devotional carving, likely once hung within a tribal village home as a quiet symbol of protection and personal faith. Hand carved in thick, stepped relief, it is centred with a pointed arched niche that reads as a domestic shrine form rather than an architectural quotation, framed by deeply receding borders and softened foliate