Bronze

India , 19th century

Dimension: Height 55 cm Width 35 cm Depth 28 cm

Weight: 34 Kg

The Destroyer of Evil and Fear seated with one leg pendant, the other leg drawn to his thigh, on a lotus flower on a square base with expansive foot incised with lotus petals. Narasimha has four arms, one is wrapped around the hip of his consort sitting on his left knee. Both are dressed in long, striped dhotis and wearing anklets, armlets and bracelets. Their bodies are adorned with jewellery and chains. With one hand Narasimha is gesturing the abhaya mudra, with the other two he is holding the sudarshana chakra and shankha, while his consort a closed lotus flower. Narasimha has a prominent nose, fangs as teeth and bulging eyes. Both are wearing patterned, conical headdresses with domed top and lotus bud finial. The back of the statue is created with the same detail except for Narasimha's ritual weapons which have a flat background.