Sharadhambal - Distressed Orange Hand-Painted Wooden Box Kerala mural earrings India The distressed effect is a

The distressed effect is a finished part of the design

5 inches x 3

assuming it's a stud or light-drop format consistent with similar pieces in the collection

the layered ornamental borders — without anchoring itself to a single

full dimension with base 14 inches x 6 inches x 6 inches

Sharadhambal - Distressed Orange Hand-Painted Wooden Box Kerala mural earrings India The distressed effect is aSome pieces are painted to look new; this one is painted to look like it's already lived a life. Sharadhambal, the Sringeri form of Saraswathi revered as the deity of the Sharada Peetham founded by Adi Shankaracharya, is rendered here in warm orange with a deliberately distressed, weathered finish the kind of aged patina you'd expect from an object handed down through a family rather than bought new. Achieving that worn in look by hand takes as much