Blue Red Elephant, Handpainted Wooden Figurine

Description

Blue shows every hesitation in the brush, which makes it an unforgiving colour to paint by hand.

This elephant is carved in wood and painted by hand in deep blue, with red and gold folk detailing across the head and back and a run of fine white dots down each leg. In the folk vocabulary of Rajasthan the elephant carries wisdom and strength, the steady kind rather than the loud kind.

It works on a desk, a console table or a shelf where it can be seen from more than one side, and it makes a considered gift for someone marking a beginning.

Wipe with a dry or lightly damp cloth. Keep out of direct sun so the colours stay true.