{"product_id":"darbar-krishna-tanjore-painting-with-24-karat-gold-foil-and-handcrafted-wood-frame","title":"Darbar Krishna Tanjore Painting with 24 Karat Gold Foil and Handcrafted Wood Frame","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eExecuted in the classical Tanjore tradition of Tamil Nadu, the composition centres on Krishna seated in his royal court (Darbar), adorned with layered jewellery and crowned with a peacock-feathered headdress, his gaze direct and composed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe surface is built through the distinctive Tanjore technique: gesso relief rising beneath sheets of gold foil, lending the ornaments a sculptural luminosity. Embedded glass inlay adds depth, while the vermilion ground heightens contrast, allowing each figure to register with clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eKrishna’s iconography here departs from the butter-bearing child. He is attended by parrots, one poised upon a bloomed flower in his hand, another along his arm, while his consort mirrors this with a parrot of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Indian visual tradition, the parrot is associated with Kama, the god of desire, often shown with a parrot as his vāhana. Its presence here signals śṛṅgāra rasa: love as devotion, where intimacy becomes a mode of the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAttendants, musicians, and devotees gather in tiers, while the lower frieze with its ritual fire grounds the scene. Framed in wood, the painting carries a rich, tactile presence. The Darbar Krishna theme, long favoured in the Tanjore courtly tradition, brings together devotion and opulence in a form that lends a sense of grandeur to the space it inhabits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bronze N Beyond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43009698332735,"sku":"BNBT001","price":10095.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3386\/5535\/files\/bnb-wm-36154060406847.jpg?v=1779571913","url":"https:\/\/bronzenbeyond.com\/products\/darbar-krishna-tanjore-painting-with-24-karat-gold-foil-and-handcrafted-wood-frame","provider":"Bronze N Beyond","version":"1.0","type":"link"}