Saraswathi Mysore Painting Green Wooden Box Kerala mural pendant Kerala — handcrafted in warm

Kerala — handcrafted in warm orange on wooden coasters

almond-eyed faces and fine gold detailing

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Saraswathi Mysore Painting Green Wooden Box Kerala mural pendant Kerala — handcrafted in warmMysore 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,