BRONZE STATUES & IDOLS

24'' Hindu God Chandeshvara In Añjali Mudrā | Bronze
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24.00 inch Height X 9.00 inch Width X 9.00 inch Depth
$2075
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23'' Hindu God Bhairava With Vahana Dog | Bronze
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23.00 inch Height X 11.00 inch Width X 11.00 inch Depth
$3160
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19'' Hindu Goddess Mariamman Seated With Kid | Bronze
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19.00 inch Height X 11.00 inch Width X 12.00 inch Depth
$3670
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28'' Hindu God Bhairava With Vahana Dog | Bronze
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28.00 inch Height X 14.00 inch Width X 12.00 inch Depth
$5085
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55'' Hindu God Ganesha Dancing (Tandava) | Bronze
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55.00 inch Height X 35.00 inch Width X 23.00 inch Depth
$33,265
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31'' Large Rishabhanatha Standing | Bronze
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31.00 inch Height X 13.00 inch Width X 11.00 inch Depth
$4805
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42'' Large Hindu God Nataraja Tandava | Bronze
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42.00 inch Height X 13.00 inch Width X 15.00 inch Depth
$9425
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18'' Hindu God Bala Kalinga Krishna | Bronze
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18.00 inch Height X 9.00 inch Width X 6.00 inch Depth
$1220
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16'' Hindu Ramayana (Rama, Lakshmana, Sita, Hanuman) Set | Bronze
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16.00 inch Height X 23.00 inch Width X 6.00 inch Depth
$3160
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11'' Hindu God Swarnakarshana Bhairava With Parvati | Bronze
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11.00 inch Height X 11.00 inch Width X 5.00 inch Depth
$1155
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12'' God Vishnu With Multiple Heads and Hands | Bronze
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12.00 inch Height X 10.00 inch Width X 7.00 inch Depth
$1635
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11'' Hindu Goddess Uma (Parvati) | Bronze
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11.00 inch Height X 7.00 inch Width X 7.00 inch Depth
$745
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8'' Hindu Goddess Rajarajeshwari | Bronze
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8.00 inch Height X 6.00 inch Width X 3.00 inch Depth
$620
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6'' Hindu Ganesha With Wives Riddhi Siddhi | Bronze
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6.00 inch Height X 5.00 inch Width X 3.00 inch Depth
$590
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12'' Hindu Deity Ardhanarishvara Standing | Bronze
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12.00 inch Height X 6.00 inch Width X 4.00 inch Depth
$795
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10'' Rishabhanatha Standing | Bronze
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10.00 inch Height X 4.00 inch Width X 4.00 inch Depth
$690
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16'' Hindu God Shiva Tandava | Bronze
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16.00 inch Height X 12.00 inch Width X 5.00 inch Depth
$1030
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39" Superfine Large Lord Narasimha with Goddess Lakshmi with Kirtimukha Prabhavali | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax)
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39.00 inch Height X 29.50 inch Width X 16 inch Depth
$13,999
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23" Lord Ganesha Standing On Pedestal | Bronze Statue
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23.10 inch Height X 11.70 inch Width X 7.50 inch Depth
$3700
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24" Goddess Rajarajeshwari (Tripura Sundari) - Hoysala Art
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24.50 inch Height X 17.50 inch Width X 9.00 inch Depth
$1785
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9" Hayagreeva Avatar of Vishnu with his Consort Lakshmi | Handmade | Made In South India
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9.30 inch Height X 6.50 inch Width x 5.50 inch Depth
$550
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46" Lakshmi-Ganesha-Sarasvati Urli With Dangling Lamps | Handmade |
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46.00 inch Height x 26.70 inch Width x 24.50 inch Depth
$4390
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24" Goddess Sivagami (Parvati) | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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24.00 inch Height X 9.00 inch Width X 9.00 inch Depth
$1690
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12'' Shirdi Sai Baba Panchaloha Bronze Statue from Swamimalai | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax)
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12.00 inch Height X 5.00 inch Width X 5.00 inch Depth
$1030
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38" Large Lord Bhairava Bronze Statue
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38 inch Height X 20 inch Width X 11.5 inch Depth
$6500
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44" Large Ardhanarishvara
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44 inch Height X 20 inch Width X 17.5 inch Depth
$7620
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36" Large Ulagalantha Perumal
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36 inch Height X 22 inch Width X 11 inch Depth
$6120
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29" Goddess Rajarajeshwari (Tripura Sundari) | Hoysala Art
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29.00 inch Height X 21.00 inch Width X 10.00 inch Depth
$2885
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17" Goddess Rajarajeshwari (Tripura Sundari) - Hoysala Art
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17.00 inch Height X 11.00 inch Width X 7.00 inch Depth
$925
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85" Bhagwan Satyanarayan | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai (Shipped by Sea)
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32'' Standing Lord Krishna Playing Flute | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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36'' Superfine Dancing Goddess Saraswati | Lost-Wax | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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36 inch Height X 15 inch Width X 22 inch Depth
$8490
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25" Umbrella Ganesha Statue | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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25.00 inch Height X 8.80 inch Width X 7.00 inch Depth
$1785
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34" Superfine Bhogashakti (Seated Parvati (Uma) | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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34.00 inch Height X 25.00 inch Width X 22.00 inch Depth
$10,395
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77" Superfine Shri Satyanarayan ( Incarnation of Vishnu )  from Swamimalai
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77.00 inch Height X 30 inch Width X 22.00 inch Depth
$36,999
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40" Large Goddess Gayatri Devi | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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40.00 inch Height X 35.00 inch Width X 16.50 inch Depth
$17,030
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31" Lord Vishnu with Dashavatara | Hoysala Art
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31.00 inch Height X 15.00 inch Width X 12.00 inch Depth
$3180
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36" Kalyan Sundaram | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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30.50 inch Height X 36.00 inch Width X 9.50 inch Depth
$12,700
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49" Large Shri Dattatreya Panchaloha Bronze Statue from Swamimalai
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49.00 inch Height X 28.50 inch Width X 26.00 inch Depth
$20,499
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62" Super Large Nataraja | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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62.00 inch Height X 47.00 inch Width X 17.50 inch Depth
$14,615
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36" Large Lakshmi | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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36.00 inch Height X 16.50 inch Width X 12.00 inch Depth
$6350
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34" Large Ardhanarishvara | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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34.00 inch Height X 19.00 inch Width X 12.50 inch Depth
$4850
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21" Soolam kaali | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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21.00 inch Height X 10.00 inch Width X 7.50 inch Depth
$2145
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24" Devi Meenakshi | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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24.00 inch Height X 12.00 inch Width X 6.00 inch Depth
$2035
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44" Ardhanarishvara | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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44.00 inch Height X 18.50 inch Width X 17.50 inch Depth
$7620
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39" Devi Saraswati Bronze Statue | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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39.00 inch Height X 26.00 inch Width X 23.00 inch Depth
$12,075
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51" Large Kalinga Krishna | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai
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51.00 inch Height X 19.00 inch Width X 15.50 inch Depth
$9125
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41" Standing Devi Lakshmi Of A Lifelike Quality | Handmade | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze
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41.00 inch Height X 17.00 inch Width X 13.00 inch Depth
$6350
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63" Large-Than-Life Shiva-Uma, An Irreplaceable Complement To Each Other | Handmade | Panchaloha Bronze
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63.5 INCH HEIGHT X 30.5 INCH WIDTH X 19 INCH DEPTH
$22,865
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21" The Signature Stance Of The Seated Devi Uma | Panchaloha Bronze From South India
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21.00 inch Height X 12.00 inch Width X 13.00 inch Depth
$2890
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Tranquil Ashtadashabhujadharini Durga
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25.7 INCH HEIGHT x 8.8 INCH WIDTH x 7 INCH DEPTH
$7620
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35" The Heavily Garlanded Lord Venkateshvara in Bronze | Hoysala Art | Handmade | Made In India
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35.70 inch Height x 20.50 inch Width x 12.50 inch Depth
$5465
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Responsible for Both Pralaya and Shrishti
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22.7 inch Height x 18.6 inch Width x 6.7 inch Depth
$2885
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10" Shri Hanuman in Namaskara Mudra in Bronze | Hoysala Art | Handmade | Made In South India
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10.00 inch Height X 3.60 inch Width x 3.60 inch Depth
$300
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15" Superfine Goddess Lakshmi in Blessing Gesture | Handmade |
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15 inch Height x 9 inch Width x 7 inch Depth
$875
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The Ethereal Majesty Of Shiva-parivar | Handmade |
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35.7 inch Height x 23 inch Width x 14 inch Depth
$5770
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22" Large Size Lord Vishnu with Floral Prabhavali | Handmade |
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22.5 inch Height x 12.7 inch Width x 7 inch Depth
$1140
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The Unsurpassed Elegance of Bronze Statues

While the finest of the bronze sculptural tradition of India is to be found in temples of the South, the pieces curated here do a great job of conveying the workmanship and beauty of the skill of working with bronze. Bronze sculpting began with the Pallava dynasty in the eighth century in the Tamil districts of Thanjavur and Tiruchirapalli but gained momentum under the patronage of the Chola dynasty in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Metal followed stone as a medium as the Pallavas came to power. Despite the period of classical sculpture having ended in the eighteenth century, to this day Tamil Nadu continues to produce superb bronze art in keeping with the eye-watering standards established by the forefathers of present-day sculptors.


When the Bronze Age was established, it became a highly appreciated metal among people of that Age. Different human societies entered the Bronze Age at different times. But most people claim that it was introduced during the Mesopotamian Era (3300 BCE). It was simultaneously introduced to India around the same time. During that era, Bronze became a highly desired metal for jewellery and continued to be utilised for making articles for various purposes of daily use, such as utensils for cooking, eating, drinking, etc. Bronze is one of the oldest and classiest metals for jewelry available in India. If one goes by the historical evidence and artefacts, one can see that most of the exquisite pieces of jewelry were made out of bronze.


The small bronze figurine of a ‘Dancing Girl’ in tribhanga posture found from Mohenjo-Daro datable to 2500 BCE is the first of a long tradition of making bronze sculptures. Since then, bronze sculptures and statuettes of Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain icons have been discovered in many regions of India dating from the second century until the sixteenth century. A group of bronze statuettes has been discovered from the archaeological excavation at Daimabad (Maharashtra) datable to 1500 BCE. Most of these were used for ritual worship and are characterised by exquisite beauty and aesthetic appeal. Interesting images of Jain Tirthankaras have been discovered from Chausa, Bihar, belonging to the Kushana Period during the second century CE. The hoard of bronzes discovered in Akota near Vadodara established that bronze casting was practised in Gujarat or western India between the sixth and ninth centuries. Among the Pallava Period bronzes of the eighth century is the icon of Shiva seated in ardhaparyanka asana (one leg kept dangling). The well-known dancing figure of Shiva as Nataraja was evolved and fully developed during the Chola Period.


The Cholas popularised the use of Panchaloha in the making of bronze statues. It is a mix of five alloys - brass, gold, copper, silver and zinc. The five also represent the five elements that symbolically sanctify the cosmic core of sacred images. Melted in the right proportion to form a shining metal, this alloy has been the strong base for bronze statues. Another material used is the Ashtadhatu which means 8 metals. It is an alloy of gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, zinc, iron, and antimony. Statues made of Ashtadhatu are considered sacred and pure in India. Since ancient times, a craft associated with the making of Ashtadhatu utensils for religious offerings, weddings, and other social ceremonies and even personal use, has existed in India.


Techniques Involved In Creating Bronze Statues


Bronze sculpture can be cast using several different techniques.


The basic principle is applying molten bronze into a mould and leave it to set, before removing the mould, chasing the finished piece (refining and defining the object using a hammer) and applying a patina. The variation occurs in how the moulds are made exactly how the liquid bronze is applied to the mould. By far the most common technique for producing bronze sculptures is the ‘lost wax' method.



Lost-Wax Bronze Casting



The lost-wax process also called cire-perdue involves several different steps. First, a wax model of the image is made by the hand using pure beeswax that has first been melted over an open fire and then strained through a fine cloth into a basin of cold water. Here it solidifies immediately. It is then pressed through a pichki or pharni — which squeezes the wax into a noodle-like shape. These wax wires are then wound around to the shape of the entire image. The image is now covered with a thick coating of paste, made of equal parts of clay, sand and cow-dung. Into an opening on one side, a clay pot is fixed. In this molten metal is poured. The weight of the metal to be used is ten times that of wax. (The wax is weighed before starting the entire process.)


This metal is largely scrap metal from broken pots and pans. While the molten metal is poured into the clay pot, the clay-plastered model is exposed to firing. As the wax inside melts, the metal flows down the channel and takes on the shape of the wax image. The firing process is carried out almost like a religious ritual and all the steps take place in dead silence. The image is later chiselled with files to smoothen it and give it a finish. Casting a bronze image is a painstaking task and demands a high degree of skill.


Perfectly Casted


The cire-perdue method, popularly called the vanishing wax method, is followed up with finishing sculptural touches, which means that the bronzes you see on this page are the best of the model as well as carved. Besides a few Buddhist and Jain images, bronze sculptures usually draw from the Hindu pantheon, from handheld icons for home temples to larger-than-life sculptures designed for the elaborate processions the South is famous for.


Typically fully formed in all angles of view - the hallmark of quality bronze sculpting - an unputdownable dynamism, a subtle tension of quivering balance, and unsurpassed elegance characterise this thoughtfully curated collection.


Q1. What is bronze?

 

Bronze (पीतल) is a mixture of copper and tin, with a higher composition of copper. The resultant alloy has an earthy brown color and is considered one of the purest materials in the Hindu dharma. It is employed in making idols of Hindu gods and goddesses, articles of Puja, and other items which are used in the worship routine. 


Q2. What is Panchalogam?

 

Panchalogam or Panchaloha is a mixture of five (Pancha) metals (loha or lauha). It is traditionally made by mixing gold, silver, brass, copper, and lead. Panchaloha or Panchadhatu is used by the artists of Swamimalai (Tamil Nadu) to create stunning Panchaloha icons. 


Q3. Why do we use Panchalogam?

 

Vastu and religious experts hold the opinion that Panchaloha used in statues and ornaments is one of the purest materials and causes a balance of life forces in human beings. The five metals that constitute Panchaloha act upon these metals present in the human body and cause a perfect balance that leads to peace, prosperity, and growth in life. 


Q4. How do you clean bronze statues?


Bronze is an alloy of copper with tin which makes it more resistant to decay, however, now and then you can clean your bronze to make sure it retains its beauty. The dust and dirt collected on the bronze statue should be cleaned with a soft cotton cloth. If you want to have a better result, use oil such as olive or coconut and rub it on the bronze statue.

 

Using wax and bronze polish is also advised for a distinctive finish on the bronze, however, one should not try to remove the greenish patina that grows on the statue because it is a natural process in the aging of bronze and protects the article while giving it an aesthetic antiquated look.


Q5. How can you tell the age of a bronze statue?

 

While interacting with their natural and man-made environs, bronze statues and articles made from bronze get a distinctive residue on their surface which is called patina. Bronzes have a greenish patina on them which is the best way to tell their age. This surface layer acts as a marker for a bronze statue’s age and gives it an aesthetic appearance that is sought after by seasoned collectors.


Q6. How long can a bronze statue last?

 

Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin metals. In addition, it also contains some amounts of elements such as aluminum, phosphorus, silicon, manganese, etc. These additions make bronze harder than copper, another metal alloy. Due to its hardness and corrosion-resistant properties, it has been extensively used in making strong and exquisite statues since ancient times. The longevity of a bronze statue depends upon many factors which include its proper care and maintenance. If treated with care, bronze statues can easily last for many centuries.


Q7. Why is bronze a good material for statues?

 

Due to its unique properties, bronze has always been the go-to metal alloy among skilled artisans for making statues or sculptures. It is a harder material than copper and is also corrosion-resistant which makes it a suitable material for making statues and figurines that will last for a long period. The reddish brown color with a tint of gold shine on the surface appears extremely beautiful in bronze statues.


Q8. How do you maintain a bronze statue?

 

Proper maintenance of a Bronze statue prolongs its natural appearance. It is essential to clean it using a soft cloth regularly in order to avoid the accumulation of dust on its surface. Place the statue in an area that is not much exposed to sunlight as it may fade its brilliant shine. If you want to remove the tarnish or patina, apply clear wax or coconut oil all over the statue using a clean cloth. Doing this once or twice a year, the statue will retain its natural appearance.


Q9. Does bronze fade in the sun?

 

Bronze is known for its highly durable nature and has therefore extensively been used in making statues and sculptures from the ancient period. Although it is corrosion-resistant and is said to withstand harsh weather conditions, it tends to lose its shiny appearance due to sun rays. Therefore, it is not highly recommended to keep Bronze statues in an area where there is full reach of sun rays.


Q10. What happens to Bronze statues over time?


Bronze is a powerful and strong metal alloy and is therefore extensively used in making statues that will last for many centuries. The material does not corrode and does not get damaged very easily. But over a period of time, the reddish-gold color of a bronze statue changes into a blackish appearance, and finally finishes with a tint of green or brown color.