Blue Glass Hundi Lamp - 19thC Unwired Brass Bound Chests Bedroom Cabinet From Kyoto -

Bedroom Cabinet From Kyoto - Hinoki & Kiri - Circ 1930

The marble is polished by hand to ensure this table is resilient to the British elements

29 x 34 cms

often accompanying brides into marriage as symbols of prosperity and domestic security

38 x 38 cm

Blue Glass Hundi Lamp - 19thC Unwired Brass Bound Chests Bedroom Cabinet From Kyoto -A Blue Glass Hundi Lamp 19thC unwired. These glass lamps are known in India as Handis or Hundis named after a cooking pot. Rather surprisingly they are not Indian, but European in origin. They were exported to India as lighting for large homes and palaces in the 19th Century. Candles or oil lamps were placed inside the glass bell and the glass lid prevented soot from marking the ceiling of the palace or the tent. Many survived on the tall ceilings