Peacock – Hand-painted Wooden Wall Plate gond The round shape here isn't

The round shape here isn't incidental — Raas Leela is a dance performed in a circle

It shows classical dance figures rendered in Odisha's Pattachitra style

and this fusion of a traditional form with a bold contemporary palette makes it feel current rather than purely decorative

this comes from the Madhubani (Mithila) tradition of Bihar

just held in a quieter register

Peacock – Hand-painted Wooden Wall Plate gond The round shape here isn'tTwo peacocks face each other at the centre of a riot of colour, their tails dissolving into swirling, symmetrical patterns that fill the entire plate a design rooted in Tholu Bommalata, the shadow puppetry tradition of Andhra Pradesh. Traditionally, Tholu Bommalata puppets were made from painted leather and lit from behind to tell epic stories in village performances, and that same bold, high contrast visual language carries through here in paint.