Madhubani Lady Serving Tray – Hand-painted Wooden gifther Is the mirror surface real

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Our artisans hand-carve the form from solid wood and then hand-paint the gold vine detailing freehand across the body

Mounted mid-stride on a matching blue plinth

What can I keep inside it

Madhubani Lady Serving Tray – Hand-painted Wooden gifther Is the mirror surface realMadhubani painting has been passed down almost entirely through women, mothers teaching daughters in the villages of Mithila, Bihar, long before it found its way onto paper and canvas. The adorned female figure at the side of this tray, richly patterned and framed in fine double outlines, is a tribute to that lineage, a form the tradition has painted for generations as an expression of grace and everyday womanhood. Our artists hand paint this figure