Handmade Blue Papier Mache Golden Leaf Decorative Box, "Blue Golden Foliage"

The lavish leaves of the chinar, or Old World sycamore flaunt their golden beauty against a dark blue background. Mohammad Hussain Baba crafts a crafted diminutive decorative box, perfect for small personal treasures. He works in the style of Kashmir, crafting the container of weeping willow wood. He then covers it with papier mache in an art form that originated in Persia in the 15th century and paints the golden floral images by hand. They are protected with a coat of lacquer.