Small Nandi – Hand-painted Wooden Sculpture White ruby emerald kemp earrings What inspired this piece

What inspired this piece

exactly as they would a festival procession winding through Udaipur or Jodhpur

5 x 7cm interior

with the same warm red carried down into full

Small Nandi – Hand-painted Wooden Sculpture White ruby emerald kemp earrings What inspired this pieceSome Nandi sculptures are painted to look freshly consecrated; this one is painted to look like it has already lived through decades of quiet devotion. The body is washed in a soft, whitewashed blush, the way old temple stone looks after years of turmeric, sandal paste, and morning light. Gold detailing traces the collar and the folded saddle cloth, and the whole piece sits on a warm tan base, giving it the feel of an heirloom rather than a new