6. Krishna
Brass
Height: 28 cm
Sixteenth-Seventeenth Century
Catalogue number 6.
Accession number 88.493
This particularly ornate image of Krishna represents him wearing a short dhoti with a floral pattern, an elaborate waistband and pleats. He is further adorned with star-shaped earrings, necklaces, anklets and bracelets. He wears wooden sandals called khorom on his feet. By comparison, no. 7 is less ornate.