Vintage Indian Stone Plant Pot - Ca 1920's Material - Red Elm The upper gallery rail neatly

The upper gallery rail neatly frames the top tier

A painted antique Chinese sideboard from Qinghai province with very well preserved high quality original painting

scratches and surface marks

defined whiskers and an open red mouth — giving each tiger a lively

A Painted Mongolian Sideboard - this piece has original painting

Vintage Indian Stone Plant Pot - Ca 1920's Material - Red Elm The upper gallery rail neatlyThis early 20th century carved stone pot was originally used in South Indian and tribal communal kitchens, where thick walled vessels like this were prized for their durability and heat retention. Hand carved from a single block of stone, it would have served as a heavy cooking vessel for boiling rice, reducing milk, preparing porridge style dishes (kanji), or slowly simmering lentils and grains over a clay lined chulha hearth. Its rounded base,