Indian Soap Dish with Horse Motif

A horse's head rises from the edge of a scallop shell, apparently checking the water.

This soap dish with horse motif comes from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, and is contemporary, carved in marble. Rajasthan has long been a center of Indian marble carving, with the quarries at Makrana supplying the white stone of the Taj Mahal. The dish takes the form of a fluted shell with rounded lobes, polished smooth inside. At one end the rim curls up into a horse's neck and head, with pricked ears, a flowing mane and an open mouth. The white stone carries soft gray and tan veining. It is 11 inches wide, 9 deep and 4.5 high.

A bar of soap could hardly ask for better company.