Handmade Brass Elephant From Orissa Origin - Uzbekistan Tibetan Altar Cabinet With Original

Tibetan Altar Cabinet With Original Painting - 19thC

5 x 8cms tall

A similar vase was sold at Sotheby's Important Chinese Art sale in New York

61 x 82 cm

Medium: D20 x H9

Handmade Brass Elephant From Orissa Origin - Uzbekistan Tibetan Altar Cabinet With OriginalBrass Elephant From Orissa ca 50 yrs old Dokra Work Dokra Damar tribes are the traditional metalsmiths of West Bengal. Their technique of lost wax casting is named after their tribe. The tribe extends from Bihar to West Bengal and Orissa; members are distant cousins of the Madhya Pradesh Dokras. A few hundred years ago the Dokras of Central and Eastern India travelled south as far as Kerala and north as far as Rajasthan. Dokra is a brass or bronze