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Lakshmi Narasimha Vishnu Chola Style Bronze Metal South India Statue V - $1,499 (Irvine orange county)
condition:
excellent
size / dimensions:
11 x 6 x 6 inch
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Approximate Dimensions: Height 10.5 x Width 6.5 x Depth 6.5 inch
Hand made of bronze using the ‘lost wax technique’*. Only one of these statues is ever made
Dramatic and striking.
*Lost-wax Method or madhuchchhishtavidhana or cire perdue is the method of pouring molten metal into the hollow of a wax mould. This wax mold is lost during the making process. Bronze is used as the preferred metal as it is stronger and more tensile.
** Lakshmi Narasimha is an iconographical depiction of Narasimha, the fourth avatar of Vishnu, with his consort Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity
Narasimha is depicted here with his consort Lakshmi, seated on his lap. In contrast to his ugra (terrible) aspect, where his face is contorted and enraged, he appears to be serene in this form. He carries his aspects of the Sudarshana Chakra and the Panchajanya. The statue is adorned with jewels and his right foot rests on a lotus flower.
In the Thiruppavai, the mythical motif of the lion is invoked in the representation of Lakshmi Narasimha. The deity is regarded to be magnanimous, the greatest of all beings (Purushottaman), and his heart is symbolised by his consort, Lakshmi.
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