The Beetle in the Blue Plate

A hand-painted blue-and-white porcelain-style plate featuring intricate floral and vine motifs with a detailed beetle at the center. Inspired by antique Chinese ceramics and natural history collections, the artwork evokes the feeling of a treasured object displayed in a collector's cabinet of curiosities. The plate is photographed against a neutral background.

Original Art by Sucharita Suri

A celebration of old blue-and-white porcelain, reimagined through the lens of natural history.

Inspired by the timeless elegance of antique Chinese plates, this piece imagines a treasured ceramic tucked away in a collector’s cabinet of curiosities- where delicate porcelain sits alongside beetles, shells, feathers, and other small wonders. A single curious beetle becomes part of the plate’s story, as though it has always belonged there.

Product Specs:

Medium: Watercolor
Paper: 300 gsm, archival, 100% cotton
Size 11 x 14 inches

The art comes with the speciman tag.

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Width	11 inches
Height	14 inches
Surface / Material	300 gsm Hot Press Watercolor Paper

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About the Artist

Sucharita Suri

I am Sucharita, an illustrator, graphic designer from Mumbai, India. I love to illustrate all sorts of things but 'whimsical paintings' have my heart. My world is full of magic, nature, fables, and fairytales. I am as much an illustrator as I am a graphic designer. To see all that I am working on and my processes as illustrator, hop on to my instagram page @sucharitas or my Pinterest page @sucharitasuri and to check out what I do as a graphic designer, visit www.seekred.com