Bronze Dhokra Work Money Box - 19thC Oriental This I-beam dining table combines

This I-beam dining table combines traditional and modern styles

a figure often associated with protection

Features: Blue and white tianqiuping bottle vase

Also available to view in the British Museum - Japanese Woodblock of a poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason

Bronze Dhokra Work Money Box - 19thC Oriental This I-beam dining table combinesBronze Dhokra Work Money Box 19thC Made by Gond Tribesmen 19thC using the lost wax technique. Beeswax is mixed with a little oil and kneaded well to soften it. The figure is sculpted from this wax mixture, fashioning all the minute details. When finished the entire figure is then coated with clay made from termite hills to create the mould. The mould is then dried and fired in an oven with cow dung cakes. The wax model melts leaving an empty clay