Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Pear Wood One is the medicine Buddha

One is the medicine Buddha

61 x 7 x 61 (wxdxh cms)

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and a stylised lingzhi fungus emblem of longevity

candle compartment

Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Pear Wood One is the medicine BuddhaThese chests are known 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).