Painted Indian Tiger Toy - Ca 1940 Opera Chests Clear Western influences can be

Clear Western influences can be found

Manjushri is the bodhisattva of wisdom and his full name literally means 'Manjushri

These measures would have been used daily by families for measuring out rice in bazaars and for cooking

These beautiful vintage shawls from Lembata island in Indonesia were dyed by hand using natural dyes in two shades of indigo using strobailanthes cusia

This label depicts Shiva with Parvati and their two sons

Painted Indian Tiger Toy - Ca 1940 Opera Chests Clear Western influences can beThis colourful and characterful Indian tiger toy figurine is from either Surat or Channapatna in Karnataka. Channapatna is renowned to this day for its production of painted Indian toys. Tigers have been a symbol of India for over 5000 years remain so to this day. Production of these figurines began in the mid 19th century with an example from 1965 on display in the V&A museum. From India UK Delivery Charge except Highlands & Islands 7. 50 More