A Beautiful c.1900 Large Hand-Painted Polychrome Wooden Indian Bowl Depicting a Polo Match sub-Curios Queens emerge from their cells

Queens emerge from their cells in 16 days

and various other contraptions that have captivated people for centuries

The history

This builder worked in the 19th century and created his figures of both paper mache and wood

though this is of course part of the appeal

A Beautiful c.1900 Large Hand-Painted Polychrome Wooden Indian Bowl Depicting a Polo Match sub-Curios Queens emerge from their cellsOrigin: Indian Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Height: 3. 5 inches Diameter: 16 inches Weight: 0. 8 Kgs The polychrome naively hand painted shallow bowl of generous proportions depicting a polo match with figures on horseback with mallets and attendants with flagged goalmouths, set upon an ochre coloured landscape having trees, figures, children and birds within birdcages with a long house fort to