Exotic India Radha and Krishna on Swing, 35 Inch Height, Yellow

Dimensions: 35.0 inch x 23.0 inch x 11.0 inchHindu Statues & Sculptures: Shiva Linga, Nataraja & Ganesha StatueBrass StatueOne of the finest examples of ingenuity, and exceptionally imaginative, this brilliant brass statue represents Radha and Krishna seated on a swing. Richly costumed and bejeweled Radha and Krishna are in festive mood that manifests the season of Vasant that the artist has sought to portray also in the form of the tree holding the swing’s ropes – delicate and artistically cast brass-chains in this statue. The tree conceived as loaded with fresh leaves and abundant fruits besides a pair of peacocks perching on its top, and a single one, on the pedestal, are the harbinger of Vasant, the season of flowers, fruits and festiveness, when cuckoo sings, and joyous peacock dances. Not merely the peacocks in readiness to dance and welcome the season of songs and colours even the divine couple, transcending their divinity, betray complete absorption and human beings’ like passionate bearing to celebrate. In this transformation – from a swing to a seat, the artist has better managed the aesthetics of the image for instead of placing the swing on a disproportionately extended branch away from the main tree and thus creating two focal points – the swing with Radha and Krishna seated on it, and the tree, the artist preferred composing the two units together and obtain complete unity and absolute balance. Thus, arrived at a central line in the form of the tree-trunk the artist had scope also for such aesthetic aspects as the magical symmetry and to so manage the form of the tree that it practically transforms into a multi-tiered canopy. As for the magic of symmetry, it begins working with the two branches immediately above the divine couple, stretching like the wings of a kite when unfolded. The entire tree has been cast following the same b