Flute-Playing Krishna - Brass Sculpture
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Dimensions: 37.5" X 14" X 12.5" Brass Sculptures: Buy Ganesha, Buddha & Nataraja Sculptures | ExoticIndia Brass Sculpture This brilliant brass statue, a masterpiece with rare merit, representsKrishna playing on his flute fully absorbed in its ecstatic melody.The statue has been cast using finest quality of brass not betrayingeven a single grain or discolouring vein giving it gold like lustre.Unique in its artistic merit and worth the metal-cast perfectlybalances the intrinsic with the exterior : the anatomical quality withits ability to portray emotionality, besides fine execution, sensitivetreatment of subject, an ornament like precision, elegance andexceptional beauty. A tough metal it has been softened to yield thefinest forms with minute details and abounds in great lyrical quality.He has been represented in tri-bhang three-curved posture, one ofthe most popular forms of his image which enshrines the Banke Biharitemple at Vrindavana, one of the main four shrines of KrishnasVaishnavism. The backwards tilted face, as in ecstatic delight,shoulder to right, hip to left, knee to right, and finally, the rightfoot, to left, all combined create great rhythm and pleasant magic.This statue, an excellent work of metal-cast, represents Krishna asplaying on his flute, a form known in the iconographic tradition asVenu Gopal, sometimes with a cow in the background and sometimeswithout any. Rare emotionality suggests that spontaneous to the melodyemitting from the flute his legs might have moved and the entirefigure twisting to its notes might have transformed into multi-curves.A great divine drama, as the Creator of this world he allows itsMaya great Illusion, to delude him, he is enraptured by the melodywhich he himself is creating on his flute. These are such mysticdimensions that impart unique significance to an otherwise simpleflute-playing form which is also one of his most popularmanifestations in