Hand-Painted Wooden Tea Coasters – Maroon Jaali Kerala Mural tray far from home

far from home

neutral spaces

with fine detailing carried through her crown

Is every tray's parrot motif slightly different

Set within a hand-painted teardrop-shaped frame

Hand-Painted Wooden Tea Coasters – Maroon Jaali Kerala Mural tray far from homeMughal jaali lattice art hand painted in magenta on carved wooden coasters. Set of 6. Jaali the perforated lattice work carved into Mughal era palaces, forts, and mosques to filter light while keeping what's behind it private gets an unexpected treatment here: a bold magenta, closer to the pink and fuchsia dyes historically used in Rajasthani and Mughal court textiles than to any stone or marble finish. Magenta was never a cheap colour to produce it