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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
Not the vaguest idea.
I've never seen a low-line table like this in Jawa, but the carving style and general appearance of the thing could easily fit into a Javanese context.
My comment was only intended to address the motif and perhaps start a different line of thought.
In the Indian massage tables that I've seen, which are intended for use with oil, height is intended to facilitate use whilst standing, not whilst kneeling, and the projection at one end is bowl shaped to accept oil, most tables of this nature that I have seen have a border all round to prevent the oil dripping onto the floor.
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These are very pertinent points . The projection is flat and the opposite end is open , though is lighter coloured possibly indicating that an end piece has been removed or broken off.