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Krishna and Radha

Shrine
1800-1850 (made)
Place of origin

A four piece shrine with standing images of Krishna and Radha, slotting into a base, as does the arch behind them. Krishna is in his flute-playing pose, with a bent wire flute in his hands. His right leg is bent across the left with his toes resting on the base. Radha stands to his left, her legs straight, holding a lotus bud in her right hand. The base has four high legs and foliated perforations in the front and sides. The openwork screen behind the couple, who stand on lotus bases has a kirttimukha at the apex of the pointed arch and a pair of addorsed parrots. An old paper label inside the base identifies Krishna and "Radhika", with (probably the same words) in Devanagari and Urdu script.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna and Radha (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Cast brass
Brief description
Bronze shrine with figures of Krishna and Radha, South India, 1800-1850
Physical description
A four piece shrine with standing images of Krishna and Radha, slotting into a base, as does the arch behind them. Krishna is in his flute-playing pose, with a bent wire flute in his hands. His right leg is bent across the left with his toes resting on the base. Radha stands to his left, her legs straight, holding a lotus bud in her right hand. The base has four high legs and foliated perforations in the front and sides. The openwork screen behind the couple, who stand on lotus bases has a kirttimukha at the apex of the pointed arch and a pair of addorsed parrots. An old paper label inside the base identifies Krishna and "Radhika", with (probably the same words) in Devanagari and Urdu script.
Dimensions
  • Complete shrine height: 28cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in London to the South Kensington Museum ( now the V&A) in 1879. It is numbered 284 in the India Museum Slip Book.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Mitchell, A.G. 'Hindu Gods and Goddesses.' London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. Plate 23. ISBN 011290372X
Collection
Accession number
718(IS)

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Record createdJanuary 2, 2003
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