Saraswathi Mysore Painting Green Wooden Box Kerala mural pendant traditionally representing the destruction of

traditionally representing the destruction of ignorance

for anyone unfamiliar with the story

almond-eyed faces and fine gold detailing

giving the piece a clean

75 inches in height and 8 inches in width it makes a striking

Saraswathi Mysore Painting Green Wooden Box Kerala mural pendant traditionally representing the destruction ofMysore painting developed under the patronage of the Wodeyar kings of Karnataka, recognisable by its calm, gently rounded figures, delicate linework and a soft, restrained colour palette quite different from the bolder, flatter styles found further north and east. This box renders Saraswathi, goddess of knowledge and the arts, with that same quiet, composed expression, set against a rich green ground. Our artists paint the goddess's form freehand,