Hand Painted Henna Table Clock - Dark Brass & Wood Desk Clock rare indian art home accessories meticulously created using the ancient

meticulously created using the ancient Tala Patra Chitra art form (tala-palm

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historically performed at night with hand-painted leather figures lit from behind a screen

this piece takes a more contemporary approach to Kerala mural art — a small circular medallion holding a green-faced figure in traditional mural style

Hand Painted Henna Table Clock - Dark Brass & Wood Desk Clock rare indian art home accessories meticulously created using the ancientLong before henna found its way onto a bride's hands, its motifs were already borrowed by artisans for metalwork rows of florets, dotted borders, the same rhythm you'd find running along the edge of a brass pooja thali or the hem of a wedding dupatta. This clock takes that border tradition and lets it take over the whole face: neat rows of hand painted flowers march across a warm brass sheet, framed by a dotted trellis border along two edges, all done