Saraswathi Mysore Painting Green Wooden Box Kerala mural pendant the way Pichwai painters have

the way Pichwai painters have worked for generations

Dimensions: 31

it settles into it

Kerala — handcrafted in warm orange on wooden coasters

Our artists paint each face and its detailing freehand directly onto the wood — nothing is printed or stickered on

Saraswathi Mysore Painting Green Wooden Box Kerala mural pendant the way Pichwai painters haveMysore painting developed under the patronage of the Wodeyar kings of Karnataka, recognisable by its calm, gently rounded figures, delicate linework and a soft, restrained colour palette quite different from the bolder, flatter styles found further north and east. This box renders Saraswathi, goddess of knowledge and the arts, with that same quiet, composed expression, set against a rich green ground. Our artists paint the goddess's form freehand,