Image title: Sculpture of Bala Krishna (15th century)

Bala Krishna or Sambandhar
Vijayanagar, 15th-16th Century CE South India 
Ht. 51.2 cm., Wd. 33.0 cm., Dep. 18.8 cm. 
Bronze, Acc. No. 47.109/23

Bala Krishna is shown dancing with the left foot placed on a circular pedestal. The first finger of the right hand is in suchi-mudra. The wavy locks are dressed high (jata-mukuta), with spiral curls on the forehead and braided locks hanging on the back.

Transcription (not proofread):

बाल कृष्ण या समबंधर 
विजयनगर, 15वीं-16वीं शताब्दी दक्षिण भारत 
ऊं. 51.2 से.मी., चौ. 33.0 से.मी., गह. 18.8 से.मी. 
कांसा, अवाप्ति सं. 47.109/23
यहां बालकृष्ण को अपना बाया पैर गोलाकार पीठिका पर रखकर नृत्य करते हुए दर्शाया गया है। उनके दाएं हाथ की पहली अंगुलि सूचि मुद्रा में है। बालकृष्ण की इस प्रतिमा का केशविन्यास बहुत सुन्दर है।

bāla kṛṣṇa yā samabaṃdhara 
vijayanagara, 15vīṃ-16vīṃ śatābdī dakṣiṇa bhārata 
ūṃ. 51.2 se.mī., cau. 33.0 se.mī., gaha. 18.8 se.mī. 
kāṃsā, avāpti saṃ. 47.109/23
yahāṃ bālakṛṣṇa ko apanā bāyā paira golākāra pīṭhikā para rakhakara nṛtya karate hue darśāyā gayā hai| unake dāeṃ hātha kī pahalī aṃguli sūci mudrā meṃ hai| bālakṛṣṇa kī isa pratimā kā keśavinyāsa bahuta sundara hai|

Gallery information:

These photographs are from the section “Bronze images” (kamsya) within the National Museum of New Delhi (India). Bronze images, small for domestic shrines or larger and hollow, are made using the lost wax process (madhuchista-vidhana). Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. The oldest group of bronze sculptures from the Indian subcontinent date back to the 3rd millennium B.C.E.