Lovely Pair of Old Turned and Painted Wooden Apples folk art miniature furniture Dhorka refers to the traditional

Dhorka refers to the traditional method of lost wax casting native the Dhokra Damar tribes of West Bengal

Sold as found unframed but I think in a dark would frame this would really sing

I believe this is Chinese and dates from the 1950s or so

and there is a Made in Switzerland sticker on the underside

Hand-marbled hardcover with cloth spine

Lovely Pair of Old Turned and Painted Wooden Apples folk art miniature furniture Dhorka refers to the traditionalMany of these old turned and painted wooden apples made in Japan for the Western market housed roulette style horse racing games and the like, which these two may have, but both now are empty. I have found early examples of these that date to the late 19th century and I believe the larger of the two, which is unmarked, may be that old it is the real stunner of this pair (though both are lovely). The smaller is marked Japan on the interior and I might