Painted Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - 19th Century Sideboard 5 x 71 (wxdxh cms)

5 x 71 (wxdxh cms)

000 yen or £6

The fittings are made from brass and are mostly circular in form

it cannot go directly outside

is now suitable as a coffee table

Painted Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - 19th Century Sideboard 5 x 71 (wxdxh cms)This evocative 19th century painted teak votive panel from Andhra Pradesh has the direct, sculptural presence of true folk devotional carving, likely once hung within a tribal village home as a quiet symbol of protection and personal faith. Hand carved in thick, stepped relief, it is centred with a pointed arched niche that reads as a domestic shrine form rather than an architectural quotation, framed by deeply receding borders and softened foliate