An incomparably complex bronze of the standing muralidhara Krishna. The handsome cowherd of Vrindavan is always depicted as possessed of (‘dhara’) the flute (‘murali’), with His form jutting out laterally (‘bhanga’) at three (‘tri’) different junctures in the tribhanga stance.
The Krishna murti that you see on this page is set apart by the wealth of aesthetic and iconographical detail, as well as the lifelike quality imbued in the composure of countenance and body language. The colour finish is earthy, almost brown; there are overtones of golden colour along the Yali pillars and the perfectly circular archway above the Lord’s crown.
From the many-tiered pedestal to the pillar-and-archway framing the tribhanga murari in the centre, this Krishna sculpture is a reproduction of traditional South Indian temple art. Its most striking aspect is that the Yali on each side is an amalgam of the three different types of Yali: ashvayali (hindquarters), gajayali (tusks), and simhayali (mane).
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