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Bronze devotional depicting Bala Krishna - Bronze devotional depicting Bala Krishna South India, 18th century Depicting the childlike, dancing iconographic variant of the deity, portrayed in a playful attitude with his right leg raised and flexed resting on a floral stem culminating in a lotus bud (padma). This symbolic element evokes the purity and transcendent dimension of divine childhood typical of the tradition. The face is rounded and consumed by ritual gestures, the arms open in a dancing gesture that gives movement to the composition. The base shows traces of ritual dust. Provenance: Central Italy collection. H. 7 X 4.5 cm