These 5cute animal carvings were  made in the Indian state of Agra which has world

reputation of world’s best gemstone inlayers working with marble and gemstones.

These workers have been handed down techniques from generation to generation working

on the Taj Mahal Marble inlay

 Marble inlay

is the same art which has been used on the walls of TAJ MAHAL built in 1653 in

Agra (India) and also in other monuments -Agra Fort, Lapis lazuli, Onyx,

jasper, carnelian have been combined with marble of various hues to create

designs of unsurpassed elegance.

Also  known as pietra dura inlay, beautiful floral

and geometric patterns are created using various semi-precious stones like

LAPIS LAZULI (Afghanistan), MALACHITE (South Africa), TURQUOISE (Iran), CORAL

(Italy ), CORNELIAN (India), PAUA SHELL (New Zealand) and many other stones.

Then these stones are inlaid in Indian marble.

 Some carvings have imperfections
RRP is $19.95
mixed sizes