Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Bowls Condition: Excellent antique condition with

Condition: Excellent antique condition with aged lacquer and natural wear

It's a wonderful museum quality reproduction piece

224 x 45 x 95 (wxdxh cms)

Condition: Good antique condition with expected wear

This piece is around 150 years old and is marked with the characters 'yuan'

Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Bowls Condition: Excellent antique condition withKnown as stick boxes, these antique Indian boxes were passed down through the family with each generation in the Thar desert area of West Rajasthan and were used as dowry chests. These boxes usually come from the area west of Jaisalmer, towards the Pakistani border where wood is scarce. This style of box is almost exclusively made from sticks harvested from the kair tree (capparis decidua), which also provides an edible bitter fruit). This chest sits