ANTIQUE BRONZE BALA GOPALA (INFANT KRISHNA) - INDIA - FIRST HALF 20th C.

This figure originates from India.

Infant Krishna or Bala Gopala is depicted as a crawling baby, adorned with earrings and having a pot of butter in his hand. Baby Krishna is not simply cute, he is also a prankster and a troublemaker. Stealing butter is his favorite activity, and he takes every opportunity to do so. Even while stealing butter and causing trouble for his foster parents, Baby Krishna is still ethereal and precious to everyone around him. Of all deities appearing in miniature bronze form, Krishna is one of the most popular.

People carried such miniature figurines of deities with them, during everyday life or on a pilgrimage, because devotees believed that this statues operate for the benefit of the bearer, based upon the idea that every god or goddess is believed to possess divine powers that he or she will dispense at the request of the devotee.

Age: first half 20th C.

Size: 4 cm long, 3 cm wide, 4 cm tall.

Weight: 43 gr.

Condition: This figure is in good condition taking into account its high age. Good signs of long time ritual use and good age patina. Look carefully to the pictures which are an integral part of the description. Consequently any damage or repair to the object not mentioned in the text, but visible in the photos, are considered to be described.

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