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Divine Mayur Motif

Divine Mayur Motif

Size - H 100cm * W 100cm

£3,300.00 GBP
£3,300.00 GBP
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General Information

Pichwai (pichvai) is a style of painting that originated over 400 years ago, in the town of Nathdwara near Udaipur in Rajasthan, India. Intricate and visually stunning, pichwai paintings, made on cloth, depict tales from Lord Krishna's life. Creating a pichwai can take several months, and requires immense skill, as the smallest details need to be painted with precision. Lord Krishna is often depicted as Shrinathji in Pichwais, which is the deity manifest as a seven-year-old child. Other common subjects found in pichwai paintings are Radha, gopis, cows and lotuses. Festivals and celebrations such as Sharad Purnima, Raas Leela, Annakoot or Govardhan Puja, Janmashtami, Gopashtami, Nand Mahotsav, Diwali and Holi are frequently depicted in Pichwais.

Materials

We only use Natural Stone colours on organic cotton tapestry. These hues come from natural sources such as coal, indigo, gold, silver, saffron, zinc, and others natural occurring materials. 

Framing

We only use FSC certified real wood in all our framing. All our paint is either Farrow and Ball or The Little Green paint in Eggshell.

This Pichwai artwork celebrates the peacock motif symbolising the vision of divine harmony with

nature.

The composition is built around multiple majestic peacocks with fully fanned tails,

arranged in rhythmic arcs. In Pichwai, the peacock symbolizes beauty, devotion,

monsoon abundance, and divine joy. The repetition creates a sense of cosmic order

and eternal rhythm rather than narrative movement.

The painting is highly symmetrical, a hallmark of temple Pichwais meant for darshan.

Each peacock sits within a rounded, halo-like form, echoing mandala geometry,

suggesting protection, sanctity, and completeness.

Lotus pond at the bottom with blooming pink lotuses and fish signifies purity,

regeneration, and spiritual awakening.

Palm and banana trees, lush foliage, and layered hills point to a monsoon season

Colour & Technique

• The palette—sage greens, muted teal, charcoal grey, soft pinks, and ochres—is

refined and restrained, typical of high-quality Nathdwara-style Pichwai.

• Fine brushwork in the peacock feathers, especially the eye motifs, reflects

painstaking craftsmanship and symbolic multiplicity: many eyes, one divine

• The colours- Natural stone colours made from scratch in our own studios in Jaipur

 

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