Hand-painted by a national award-winning Cheriyal artist from Telangana, this decorative plate continues a tradition rooted in the Kakatiya and Vijayanagara dynasties. Cheriyal art was once used by the Nakashi artist community to narrate epics like the Mahabharata and Ramayana — here, that storytelling spirit unfolds in a quiet exchange beneath a flowering mango tree, where one woman holds up a mirror to another, watched over by a procession of painted animal heads — lion, camel, deer and bull — rendered in bold folk colour against a sky-blue base.

Crafted using the traditional Cherial process — moulded, dried, decorated, smoothed and finally hand-painted in the region's signature vivid palette — this piece carries forward a 13th-century craft lineage in a form made for contemporary walls.

No factories. No machines. Ever. Being entirely hand-painted, each plate carries small natural variations — its own quiet signature of being made by hand. A striking statement piece for a gallery wall, console, or shelf.