Carved Indian Opium Grinder (Kharal) -19thC Pillars Porcelain Ginger Jar with a

Porcelain Ginger Jar with a Wucai (5 colour) glaze This ginger jar is hand made on the potters wheel in the traditional way

white & antique blue

46 x 20 x 71 (wxdxh cms)

this 1940s Bastar toran is a striking example of tribal metalwork from central India

two smaller drawers flanking the cupboard

Carved Indian Opium Grinder (Kharal) -19thC Pillars Porcelain Ginger Jar with aThis beautifully carved and patinated teak opium grinder is known locally in Rajasthan as a 'kharal'. It was made for grinding opium which would be mixed with water and poured through the spout for drinking. Probably made by a family member it is carved from a single piece of roheda wood. Roheda (Tecomella undulata) is a tree that grows in the Thar desert. It is sometimes called Marwar teak The tradition of growing and taking opium in Rajasthan and