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The bronze
creative allows you to commission a bronze for your temple or home altar
like the Rajas of the Chola Empire. We can create any piece you desire in
bronze in any size. All we need is a picture or an accurate description of
the Hindu God along with a size and we can create a personal piece for your
temple or home.
Send us an
email to
info@bronzecreative.com with your request and we will let you
know about cost as well as give you an accurate timeline for the bronze's
casting and ultimate completion.
In your
email be sure to include either a picture of the piece or an accurate
description of the piece along with the height of the statue.
During the process you
will receive regular pictures of the main stages of the casting process.
We will email you pictures of the completed wax mold. The completed
cast piece and then the finished piece before it is shipped to our
warehouse.
Indian
Bronze Art and the Cholas The beginnings
of India's
temple, Bronze Age were in the commissioning of bronze statues by the Rajas
of the Chola Empire.
The Cholas came to power in the late 9th century, and until the
late 13th century. They ruled most of
South India,
Sri Lanka, the
Maldive
Islands,
and even parts of the Indonesian island of
Java
from their homeland near Thanjavur, or Tanjore on the southeastern
coast of what is now Tamil Nadu, India.
The Chola rulers are now remembered most for what
they created rather than for what they conquered. Chola rulers were active
patrons of the arts. Some of the best-known artistic remains from this time
period are the hand made, lost wax method bronzes that were commissioned for
the vast temples that were constructed under their reign. Some of
the bronzes still remain in the temples they were commissioned for while
others are now on display in the museums of the world as priceless
treasures.
The classic archetypes of dancing Shiva as Nataraja, Parvati and all other
Hindu gods were first created in the Chola times and have been recreated by
the temple artisans of India for centuries.
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