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Hand-Painted Rajasthani Elephant Stool

$190.00

A vintage hand-carved Rajasthani elephant stool, likely crafted between the 1980s and early 2000s.

What a find!

This richly detailed hand-carved elephant “stool” comes from traditional artisan workshops in Rajasthan, India.

This location is renowned, where decorative animal stools have been crafted for centuries as symbols of protection, wisdom, and royal strength.

Made from solid wood and painted in a striking deep vermillion red with layers and layers of tonal brush strokes, the piece features intricate dot-work, floral motifs, and a turquoise mandala seat which are all traditional hallmarks of Rajasthani folk design.

Originally created as ceremonial low stools or decorative stands in Indian households, pieces like this blend sculpture and utility. The elephant form reflects the region’s long history of animal symbolism in domestic art and is a particularly symbolic representation of wealth and protection for Indian’s, depicted alongside the goddess Lakshmi and embodied by Ganesha.

This stool works beautifully as a display stand, plant perch, altar piece, or simply as a statement of cultural craftsmanship that brings personality, warmth and religious or cultural storytelling into the home.

It is in mint condition for it’s age.

A vintage hand-carved Rajasthani elephant stool, likely crafted between the 1980s and early 2000s.

What a find!

This richly detailed hand-carved elephant “stool” comes from traditional artisan workshops in Rajasthan, India.

This location is renowned, where decorative animal stools have been crafted for centuries as symbols of protection, wisdom, and royal strength.

Made from solid wood and painted in a striking deep vermillion red with layers and layers of tonal brush strokes, the piece features intricate dot-work, floral motifs, and a turquoise mandala seat which are all traditional hallmarks of Rajasthani folk design.

Originally created as ceremonial low stools or decorative stands in Indian households, pieces like this blend sculpture and utility. The elephant form reflects the region’s long history of animal symbolism in domestic art and is a particularly symbolic representation of wealth and protection for Indian’s, depicted alongside the goddess Lakshmi and embodied by Ganesha.

This stool works beautifully as a display stand, plant perch, altar piece, or simply as a statement of cultural craftsmanship that brings personality, warmth and religious or cultural storytelling into the home.

It is in mint condition for it’s age.

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Important Information

  • All items are sustainably sourced second hand and curated by the MPIRES team.

  • We clean, polish and smudge all pieces, so they are ready for you to love and use.

  • Our cost includes packaging and postage within Australia. International costs to be confirmed after purchase if not displayed at check out.

  • No returns so please choose mindfully. For breakages in transit contact us immediately and provide photo proof with packaging intact so that we can claim on insurance - we must have this to make a refund possible.