Mulberry Half Table From Gansu - Ca 1900 Style - Huluping 'Double Gourd' Vase Entitled "Ichikawa Danjuro IX als

Entitled "Ichikawa Danjuro IX als Soga no Goro Tokimune " - This print depicts the actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX in the role of Soga no Goro Tokimune

This Large Carved Mango Wood Mirror Frame has a lovely painted finish - it's from Rajasthan

Paan has long been an important part of social and cultural life across the Indian subcontinent

Decoratively carved supports meet the bottom of the pillars where the shelf is located

Mulberry Half Table From Gansu - Ca 1900 Style - Huluping 'Double Gourd' Vase Entitled "Ichikawa Danjuro IX alsThis Chinese half table is from Gansu province and was originally made around 1900. It features an exquisite cracked mulberry wood center panel. Mulberry wood has a beautiful and vivid grain, quite different from any of the other woods used for furniture construction in China. The frame and base are made from walnut wood. Half tables ( Bn zhu) have existed in China since before the Ming dynasty but rose to prominence in the Qing dynasty. Half tables