Tholu Bommolatha Flower Narrow Tray – Handcrafted Wooden Indian folk art Among the figures that once

Among the figures that once moved across the shadow screens of Andhra's Tholu Bommalata puppet plays

which alongside mythological subjects has also long depicted everyday celebration and community life

It depicts Krishna's celebrated circular dance with the gopis

which is exactly what makes it sit well in more minimal

giant scrolls unrolled by lamplight while a bard narrated the deeds of local folk deities to the gathered crowd

Tholu Bommolatha Flower Narrow Tray – Handcrafted Wooden Indian folk art Among the figures that onceAndhra Pradesh's shadow puppet artists worked in bold, saturated colour out of necessity, their leather figures needed to glow clearly against a lit screen. That same multi hued confidence fills this narrow tray, where a floral motif bursts across the surface in the layered, vivid palette Tholu Bommalatha art is known for. The design is decoupaged onto engineered wood and sealed, giving it a hard wearing finish that holds the artwork's saturated