Japanese Black Lacquer Kodansu Jewellery Cabinet - Meiji Period Period - Early 20th Century Banswara is widely populated by

Banswara is widely populated by the Bhil ethnic group

With its softly faded paint and relaxed colonial style

The roundel’s centre functions as the padma-nābhi (“lotus-navel”) or bindu—the generative point from which creation unfolds

Print size: W21 x H33 cm

It is an inscription to 'gather all fears together' and nullify them with hundreds of thousands of offerings

Japanese Black Lacquer Kodansu Jewellery Cabinet - Meiji Period Period - Early 20th Century Banswara is widely populated byThis Japanese Meiji era (1868 1912) lacquered kodansu table cabinet and stand was made for export to the West at the height of Japonisme popularity at the beginning of the 20th century, ca 1900. It would be well suited as a jewellery cabinet for your most precious valuables. This cabinet is of high quality craftmanship with an intricately hand carved background of interlocking floral patterns throughout the exterior. It is inset with six Satsuma