Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Mongolia - 19th Century Style - Teapot These jali fish were traditionally

These jali fish were traditionally filled with sweet smelling spices and hung in huts

13 x 13 x 8 (wxdxh cms)

This pichwai unusually comes from Kishangarh in Rajasthan

113 x 8 x 198 (w x d x h cms)

and historic marks consistent with its original use

Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Mongolia - 19th Century Style - Teapot These jali fish were traditionallyThis is a beautiful specimen of an antique 19th century Painted Choksar Prayer Table from Mongolia. It features delicate floral artwork painted in two central frames, surrounded by a repeating pattern along the edges of the piece. Choksars (as with antique Mongolian and Tibetan furniture in general) are becoming increasingly rare. Choksars were used as prayer tables by monks for reading scrolls and books. A yak butter lamp would be burnt regularly