Heart-Shaped Hand Painted Decorative Box - Srinagar Heart redwhitepink Perfect for serving olives

Perfect for serving olives

Each radiant piece seems suspended in transparent crystal

Carvings such as these were used as printing blocks for textiles and kept in a library at the workshops to be used for many years

silent emblem of power

the wood inlay board includes playing pieces that feature a starry motif

Heart-Shaped Hand Painted Decorative Box - Srinagar Heart redwhitepink Perfect for serving olivesFida Hussein, son of a papier mache artisan, works to continue that artistic legacy. He crafts this small heart shaped box from weeping willow wood covered with papier mache. It is then sanded and painted carefully in exquisite detail with pale grey, black and gold features floral motif. It opens to reveal a velvet lining. Weeping willow wood, papier mache, polyester velvet lining 0. 75 oz 1. 3 inches H x 3. 1 inches W x 3. 1 inches D