Painted Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - 19th Century Sideboard it cannot go directly outside

it cannot go directly outside

is now suitable as a coffee table

Fixtures for wall hanging are included

Koson (1877 - 1945) was a master woodblock print designer famous for bird and flower designs (kachō-e)

bringing colour

Painted Votive Panel From Andhra Pradesh - 19th Century Sideboard it cannot go directly outsideThis evocative 19th century painted teak votive panel from Andhra Pradesh has the direct, sculptural presence of true folk devotional carving, likely once hung within a tribal village home as a quiet symbol of protection and personal faith. Hand carved in thick, stepped relief, it is centred with a pointed arched niche that reads as a domestic shrine form rather than an architectural quotation, framed by deeply receding borders and softened foliate