Indian Pilgrimage Figure of Kneeling Krishna

Looking up with a slightly startled face, a bright crawler sports a pointed topknot.

This pilgrimage figure of a kneeling Krishna is from Maharashtra, India. It is brass. Lost-wax casting, in which a wax model is replaced by molten metal, has been the usual method for small Indian brass figures for centuries. Hands and knees on the ground, one arm raised to the chest, the figure wears a conical headdress above a small face with pierced ears. Soft traces of red appear on the lips and near the neck. It is 0.75 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 1.25 high.

Small enough for a pocket and fully committed to crawling.