Sephalika Trivets – The Celestial Flower at Table, Set of Two

Provenance

In Indian mythology, the parijata (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) does not belong to this world. The night-jasmine was said to have its origins in Indra’s heaven, brought to earth during the churning of the cosmic ocean. Each evening its blossoms open; by morning they have fallen — a cycle so precise it became associated with devotion, with the ephemeral, with the sacred moment between dusk and dawn.

The flower appears in Mughal botanical illustration with notable fidelity — catalogued in the margins of court manuscripts, depicted in the natural-world surveys that Mughal emperors commissioned. It appears in temple courtyards across the subcontinent, used in morning offerings, its fragrance marking a particular quality of Indian evening air.

The ‘Sephalika’ trivets translate this botanical vocabulary onto a domestic surface — a small carrier of a very old motif. Each piece is individually handcrafted; the pattern holds the flower’s detail in condensed, daily form.

Disclaimer

• These trivets are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour across a set are a natural feature of the process.
• Minor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.