Indian Chakki Coffee Table From Rajasthan - 19th Century Lamp Niches Antique Chinese furniture from Qinghai

Antique Chinese furniture from Qinghai province is well known for its exceptional painting

138 x 63 x 60 (wxdxh cms)

Features: Original blue paint

The surface retains layers of original painted decoration

Indian Chakki Coffee Table From Rajasthan - 19th Century Lamp Niches Antique Chinese furniture from QinghaiThe iconic Indian grinder table is known colloquially as a chakki. These tables have been used in The West as round coffee tables, dog beds & seats. This chakki table is 19th century and beautifully chip carved around the edge. Beware of numerous inferior quality mango wood reproductions flooding the market. Chakki tables are repurposed teak rice grinding mills from villages in Rajasthan or Gujarat. Originally used with quern stones for grinding wheat