Hand-Painted Dashavatharam Wall Frame – Varaham (Boar Avatar) hand painted Krishna earrings Solid wood and plywood

Solid wood and plywood

once the ears are fitted

every scale and fin picked out in fine black linework directly on the copper sheet

avoid prolonged sun exposure

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Hand-Painted Dashavatharam Wall Frame – Varaham (Boar Avatar) hand painted Krishna earrings Solid wood and plywoodBefore Vishnu could restore the earth, the earth first had to be found dragged up from the depths of a cosmic ocean by a boar. Varaham, the boar avatar, is the third of Vishnu's ten Dashavatharam incarnations, depicted here in his half boar, half human form, standing tall against a faux Tanjore gold background. The Dashavatharam series is one of the most enduring narrative cycles in Hindu iconography ten avatars, each descending to restore cosmic