Vintage Indian Stone Plant Pot - Ca 1920's Material - Red Elm scratches and surface marks

scratches and surface marks

family jewellery and precious yak butter

A painted antique Chinese sideboard from Qinghai province with very well preserved high quality original painting

A Painted Mongolian Sideboard - this piece has original painting

Please note that this piece is missing its original 'Bo' - however all locks work and key is supplied

Vintage Indian Stone Plant Pot - Ca 1920's Material - Red Elm scratches and surface marksThis early 20th century carved stone pot was originally used in South Indian and tribal communal kitchens, where thick walled vessels like this were prized for their durability and heat retention. Hand carved from a single block of stone, it would have served as a heavy cooking vessel for boiling rice, reducing milk, preparing porridge style dishes (kanji), or slowly simmering lentils and grains over a clay lined chulha hearth. Its rounded base,