# Hand-Painted Vietnam White Marble Standing Saraswati, 30in > A 30-inch standing Saraswati with veena and swan in Vietnam white marble, hand-painted with gold and red sari borders. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-vietnam-white-marble-standing-saraswati-30in **Business:** Tilak Mandirwala — made-to-order marble temples (mandirs), statues and decorative handicrafts. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Founded 2006. **How it works:** Each piece is carved to order by the independent master sculptors TMW works with in Jaipur's Khajane Walon Ka Rasta sculptors' market. TMW designs the piece with the customer, briefs the sculptor, and follows it through to delivery and installation. **Pricing:** request-for-quote — pieces are custom, so the site carries no list prices. **Ships:** across India; export enquiries welcome. **About the image:** a design visualisation, not a photograph of stock on hand. The piece is carved to order after the design is agreed. **Availability:** made to order. ## Saraswati as the musician This is Saraswati the way most music and dance students picture her: standing, not seated, with the veena held across her body and her head tilted gently over the strings. Her body settles into a soft tribhanga, the three-bend stance of Indian sculpture, so the weight drops onto one hip and the whole figure seems to sway with the note she is playing. She stands on an open lotus, and her hamsa, the white swan that is her vahana, rests at her feet. At 30 inches she is large enough to greet people at a reception desk or the entrance of a practice hall, and still small enough to sit on a sturdy console or pedestal. ## The four hands and what they hold She is shown four-armed, two arms on each side, in the canonical way. The front pair play the veena: one hand at the strings near the gourd, the other along the neck. The back right hand raises an akshamala, the rosary of japa and concentration, and the back left hand holds a palm-leaf book, the pustaka that stands for learning and the written word. Together they say what she presides over: music, knowledge and steady practice. She is fully dressed in a draped sari over a fitted choli, with the pallu brought across the torso, a tall crown, layered necklaces, bangles and armlets, and a small tilak on a calm, youthful face with lowered eyes and a gentle smile. ## Vietnam white marble, painted by hand The figure is carved from Vietnam white marble, a bright, fine-grained stone with a clean, slightly cool white that takes a satin polish well. Over the carving, the colour is laid in by hand. The sari stays white, as Saraswati's always does, but its broad borders are picked out in gold and red, following the pleats and the fall of the pallu. The crown and jewellery are gilded, the skin is given a soft warm tone, and the lotus is washed pink at the petals. The swan is left white. The stepped plinth below is kept as plain polished stone, so the colour sits on the goddess and the marble still shows underneath. Because the details are carved first, the borders and ornaments have real relief; the paint follows the stone rather than drawing detail on a flat surface. ## Where she belongs Saraswati is the goddess people turn to before an exam, a first lesson or a performance, and Vasant Panchami is her day. A standing, painted Saraswati suits places where that devotion is part of daily life: a music or dance academy, a school reception, a library or reading room, or a teacher's study. The colour makes her readable from across a room, which matters in a lobby, and the white sari keeps her quiet enough for a place of study. For a home pooja room she can stand on a low pedestal so her face sits at eye level. ## Size, weight and placement The piece stands 30 inches tall including the plinth, about 13 inches wide at the veena and 10 inches deep, and weighs around 45 kg. Place her indoors on a level, stable surface, away from direct sun and damp so the paint keeps its colour. Wipe her with a soft dry cloth; avoid water, cleaners and polish on the painted areas. If you need her in a different height, a different border colour, or the plain white stone without paint, tell us and we will work it into the design. ## Specifications - **Material:** Vietnam White Marble - **Finish:** Hand-painted (polychrome) - **Colour:** Hand-painted polychrome - **Height:** 30 inches - **Width:** 13 inches - **Depth:** 10 inches - **Weight:** 45 kg - **Ideal for:** Music and dance academy, School reception, Library Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown. ## Media ### Images (1) - https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-vietnam-white-marble-standing-saraswati-30in.webp (primary, concept render) All media is public and CORS-open — fetch directly, no signing or proxy needed. ## Part of - [Statues](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/custom-marble-statues) ## Related pieces - [Hand-Painted Vietnam White Marble Saraswati Murti on a Lotus, 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-vietnam-white-marble-saraswati-murti-on-lotus-12in) - [Hand-Painted Vietnam White Marble Saraswati Standing on Her Swan in a Red-Bordered Sari, 33in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-vietnam-white-marble-saraswati-standing-on-swan-red-border-sari-33in) - [Hand-Painted Vietnam White Marble Saraswati with Veena and Book, 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-vietnam-white-marble-saraswati-with-book-and-veena-18in) ## Enquire about this piece - WhatsApp, message pre-written: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=919766532408&text=Hi!%20I'd%20like%20a%20quote%20to%20have%20this%20design%20made%3A%20Hand-Painted%20Vietnam%20White%20Marble%20Standing%20Saraswati%2C%2030in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fhand-painted-vietnam-white-marble-standing-saraswati-30in - Tell us the size, the stone and where it is going. We will send you a quote and a timeline. ## Contact Tilak Mandirwala - Email: info@tilakmandirwala.com - Phone: +91 92141 72150 - WhatsApp: https://wa.me/919766532408 - Enquiry form: https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/contact - Store: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/best-mandir-shop-jaipur Enquiries are quoted per piece: share the deity or object, an approximate height, and the stone you have in mind.