Tribal Silver Ganesh & Lakshmi Amulet - 19th Century Seating with four solid shelves framed

with four solid shelves framed by upright posts and open sides

The doors allowed a cool fresh breeze during the hot Summer months

This Chinese sideboard also has its original brass hardware

It also features two figures

Made in the 19th century from a hybrid of unusual woods

Tribal Silver Ganesh & Lakshmi Amulet - 19th Century Seating with four solid shelves framedThis 19th century silver kanchha amulet from Rajasthan brings together Ganesh and Lakshmi, a pairing long favoured across the region for its combined promise of prosperity, wellbeing and the removal of obstacles. The two deities sit in a compact rectangular, shrine like panel framed by a dense mandaliya style border of flowers and beadwork, forming a small portable vastu or sacred house plan. Its four flower shaped terminals conceal the suspension