Reproduction Jhansi Style Bronze Horse Wheel Toy - Ca 1980s Occasional Tables With its rich colours

With its rich colours

This is likely influenced by the Mughal period in India (1526 - 1761)

while also making the stool easy to move around the home or garden

desk tidy or decorative container

with simple legs and stretcher supports

Reproduction Jhansi Style Bronze Horse Wheel Toy - Ca 1980s Occasional Tables With its rich coloursThis Indian brass temple horse on wheels is from Jhansi in Central India. This style of wheeled toy is commonly known as a temple toy. They were given as gifts to temples as donations of devotion, usually to Shiva or Khandoba, a warrior avatar of Shiva. Children would often play with these donations resulting in the name, 'temple toy'. This piece is a reproduction made in the traditional way. This would look perfect on a desk and is heavy enough to