Silver & Copper-Inlaid Bronze Standing Krishna

This elegantly-proportioned image of Krishna, shows the deity standing and playing his flute.

Cast in bronze, the image is heavy in the hand. It has been amply inlaid with alternating silver and copper bands. The eyes, finger and toe nails are inlaid with silver as well.

Krishna stands on a waisted lotus pedestal.  He is standing in padavastika, with one foot crossing the other, his upper body twisting slightly to the right. His hair is tied into a tight top-knot. Small metal earrings have been added to the ears.

Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, played his flute to attract and seduce the milk maids (gopis). He is known as Venu-Gopala in this manifestation, or literally ‘the cowherd with the flute’.

The image is in excellent condition. The original flute is still present; usually these are missing.