Modeled after the temple dancers whose divinely beautiful postures and emotive performances used to grace the Nritya-Mandapa (halls designated for devotional dances) this Panchaloha dancing lady is the icon of grace, paused in the bronze in an enchanting pose, as the embodiment of the age-old art of serving the divine with the purity of one’s heart, laced with the tunes of sweet musical instrument and captured in the movement of the feminine form.
The skilfully molded bronze dancing lady represents the brilliance that is in the supple movements of the human body. The expressions, the subtlety with which her masterfully designed fingers hold the scarf that flies in the air as a result of her dynamic dancing, all the elements in this awe-inspiring Panchaloha dancing lady icon create an atmosphere that transports us to the incense scented dancing halls of the temples where the lady in the bronze icon performed. Her youthful figure is carefully adorned with ornaments that highlight the beauty of her femininity. The upraised right leg of the dancing lady in bronze gives us a sense of the agility with which she moved in front of the Lord of the shrine and the mesmerizing inward smile on her face tells us of the devotional ecstasy she achieved in the ritual of dancing. The Panchaloha dancing lady rests on a two-tiered platform, with a square base on which is placed an upturned lotus.
The statue is a rounded one, and on the reverse, we can immerse in the detailing done by the maker of the bronze. Her hair in a pleasing hairdo, a few strands lose on her back, realism in the musculature that is apparent under the layers of her dhoti finely presented- the back of the dancing lady icon is as artistically detailed as the obverse.
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