Raas Leela Square Box - Pattachitra Wooden Gift Box traditional home decor India Our artists hand-paint that same

Our artists hand-paint that same peacock

spreads its tail across this wooden tissue box

natural variation of true handwork

Avoid soaking it or resting very hot cookware directly on the paint

and each one comes with a hook fitted to the back

Raas Leela Square Box - Pattachitra Wooden Gift Box traditional home decor India Our artists hand-paint that sameUnder a moonlit Vrindavan sky, Krishna multiplies himself to dance with each of the Gopis in a great encircling ring the Raas Leela, one of the most cherished episodes in Vaishnav devotional lore. This square wooden box carries that scene on its lid, rendered in Pattachitra, the scroll painting tradition practised for centuries in the artisan villages of Raghurajpur and Puri in Odisha. Pattachitra begins long before the brush touches wood. A canvas is