Indian Brass Jali Paan Dan Box - Circa 1910 Style - Meiping Vase This style of chest is

This style of chest is known locally as a pithara (or pataro) and is usually 2

Two very useful drawers and a shelf inside the cupboard

Garnet is a symbol of love and friendship with the red gem often associated with passion & inner fire

These beautifully crafted bowls are great for holding spices

with his right hand gesturing to the earth in the bhumisparsa mudra position

Indian Brass Jali Paan Dan Box - Circa 1910 Style - Meiping Vase This style of chest isThis Indian brass box was used for storing paan leaves and is known colloquially as a paan dan. Paan is a preparation, which combines a paste of spices in a betel leaf, which is chewed for its stimulant and psychoactive effects. After chewing it is either spat out or swallowed. Paan has many variations. Slaked lime (chunam) paste is commonly added to bind the leaves. The skilled Paan maker is known as a paanwala in North India. References: A near