Large Brass Dancing Shiva Nataraj Statue From South India India Originally

Originally

The skilled paan maker is known as a paanwala in North India

and Bangladesh it is one of the oldest forms of embroidery in India

5 x 6 x 44 (wxdxh cms)

A strikingly decorative piece made from teakwood with intricate bone and horn inlay work

Large Brass Dancing Shiva Nataraj Statue From South India India OriginallyChola period bronzes were created using the lost wax technique. The process is commonly known as Cire Perdue. Beeswax is mixed with a little oil and kneaded well to soften it. The figure is sculpted from this mixture fashioning all the minute details. When finished the entire figure is then coated with clay made from termite hills to create the mould. The mould is ithen dried and fired in an oven with cow dung cakes. The wax model melts leaving an