Vintage Indian Stone Plant Pot - Ca 1920's Brass Bound Cabinets 100 x 12 x 172

100 x 12  x 172 (wxdxh cms)

" and was likely used as a wedding box

the hanging is populated with a procession of stylised creatures—deer

37 x 4 x 53 (wxdxh cms)

Painted Cabinet From Mongolia - this piece has the original painting

Vintage Indian Stone Plant Pot - Ca 1920's Brass Bound Cabinets 100 x 12 x 172This 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,