An unusual bronze panel designed to grace the head of the main entrance to a home or office. Shaped like the lateral sides of a triangle, it would invite a world of auspiciousness and harmony into your space.
The space within the panel features the dashavatara, the ten (‘dasha’) incarnations (‘avatara’) of Lord Vishnu (five on each side), each of which appeared in ihaloka (mortal realm of existence) to rid the micro- and the macro-cosm of adharma.
Thick sprigs of vine curve graciously along the edges of the panels, in perfect symmetry with each other. Zoom in on each of these sprigs to take in the rich proportion of detail introduced into the sculpture. But for the chakra (discus) of Lord Vishnu to the right and the shankha (conch) of Lord Brahma to the left, the symmetry of these sections is intact.
The trishoola (trident) of Lord Shiva is at the very centre; flanked by a pair of gaja (elephant) with their trunks raised, it forms the zenith of the composition. The inspiration for this work of art - from the vines and the iconography of the dashavatara figurines to the overall ensemble - comes from the architecture of the Hoysala period of Karnataka.
Fashioned from bronze, each of the dashavatara figurines has been sculpted with great care. There is precision despite the scale, an unflinching attention to detail despite the many elements of the ensemble.
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