Camel Bone & Resin Inlay Serving Tray — Floral Medallion with Leaf Sprays on Dark Ground
A serving tray of striking chromatic contrast and exceptional inlay refinement, entirely clad in hand-cut camel bone on a deep black resin ground across a rectangular form with integrated side handles. The base presents a central floral medallion of considerable complexity — a star rosette at the centre surrounded by concentric rings of dot devices and petal forms, from which four sweeping leaf-spray compositions radiate outward to the corners of the tray, each branch densely populated with individually cut ivory bone leaves rendered with botanical precision. The composition fills the entire tray base without interruption, the ivory bone glowing with particular warmth against the deep black resin ground.
The raised border carries a continuous lotus and leaf frieze in ivory bone on black resin — a formal register that frames the tray interior with the clean authority of an architectural cornice. The sides of the tray are clad in the same ivory and black palette in a simple horizontal stripe, and the integrated handles at each short end are recessed and smoothly finished for comfortable carrying. The contrast throughout — pure ivory against near-black — gives this tray a contemporary graphic quality that sits as naturally in a modern interior as in a traditional one.
An object that transforms the ritual of serving — suited to a coffee table, a sideboard, or a dining surface where its dramatic palette and surface detail can be fully appreciated.
Dimensions: Width: 44 cm Height: 6 cm Depth: 27 cm
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