Carved Indian Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - Ca 1900 Material - Poplar seated in dhayasanan - with

seated in dhayasanan - with traces of gold leaf

Ganesh has an elephantine countenance with a curved trunk and big ears and the huge pot-bellied body of a human being

and cypress woods that have been sun-bleached over many years

This beautifully patinated and very striking Kuruma-Dansu on wheels is from Yonezawa and was used for storage of valuables

Carved Indian Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - Ca 1900 Material - Poplar seated in dhayasanan - withThis old Indian carved teak votive panel from Andhra Pradesh is over 100 years old dating to the end of the 19th century. These beautifully carved panels were carved from local teak trees by local tribal people. They were symbols of their favourite deity hung on the walls of village huts often covering a wall cavity which would have held a house god like Shiva, Lakshmi, Ganesh or Vishnu. They look great hung on a wall as a group. Some votive panels