Carved Elephant Corbel From South India - Late 18th Century Furniture richly worn surface

richly worn surface

Materials: Hand-painted paper with wooden frame

and lively pink floral motifs

These glass lamps are known in India as Handis or Hundis named after a cooking pot

Carved Elephant Corbel From South India - Late 18th Century Furniture richly worn surfaceThis beautifully carved architectural bracket is from a set of four and would have come from a large chariot called a 'Rath' or sometimes 'Juggernaut'. These giant rolling temples from South India were pulled by teams of devotional worshipers often hundreds strong. Beautiful carvings like this often adorned the chariots. This piece has significant age and dates to the latter part of the 18th century. In India, the elephant was considered regal and a