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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 331389, member: 2844&quot;]Anglo-Indian or Indo-Portuguese in style. Maybe made after the colonial period.</p><p>So the country is India.</p><p>The bed is European in shape. That style lattice carving is very Indian. Peacocks are a classic Indian element. They are on either side of a flower vase, a representation of Kalpataru, the primeval tree which can grant wishes.</p><p>There are some Buddhist influence design elements, this for example, a stylized monster head made of two facing Makara heads:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]110865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Makaras are Hindu-Buddhist mythical animals, important protective symbols. The way they are depicted here is more Buddhist than Hindu.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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