Chinese Watercolour Painting - An Official Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Origin - Czechoslovakia This charming Indian teak wood

This charming Indian teak wood box was used for storing tika - the forehead marking used by Hindus

they make striking decorative wall pieces both indoors and outdoors

This Indian teak planters chair has beautiful brass detailing and is the ultimate chair for sitting back and relaxing with a fresh glass of gin & tonic

and fading to evoke the character of older ceremonial pieces

Chilong (or chi long / chi-long) dragons symbolised beauty

Chinese Watercolour Painting - An Official Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Origin - Czechoslovakia This charming Indian teak woodThis excellent antique Chinese pith painting is painted on pith paper and dates from the 19th century. Pith paintings were painted in China for the European export market which was enjoying a fascination with all things Chinese and Chinoiserie. Here, a courtly or official scene plays out with two characters in traditional dress. Pith paper is the spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to southwest