{"product_id":"ashta-lakshmi-enthroned-among-the-nats-burma-edit","title":"Ashta Lakshmi Enthroned Among the Nats","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" class=\"TextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003eThis piece is composed of two distinct elements united in a single work: a bowl chased with the eight manifestations of Ashta Lakshmi — the goddess in her forms of wealth, courage, grain, patience, progeny, victory, knowledge, and satisfaction — and a base recreating an award-winning heritage stand design, reworked in silver by Burmese silversmiths.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" class=\"TextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003eThe base is where the piece\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003edeparts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom convention. Rather than a plain plinth, it is ringed by dancing Nats — the spirit-guardians of Burmese belief — sculpted fully in three dimensions rather than chased in relief, so the figures stand free of the surface, caught mid-movement around the stand's circumference.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003eIt's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea rare instance of two distinct devotional and artistic traditions, Indian and Burmese, sharing a single object without either being diminished.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" class=\"TextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" class=\"TextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003eWhat makes this tall piece particularly significant is its origin: the base design itself has already been recognised for its craftsmanship at a museum level, and its recreation in this form — paired with the Ashta Lakshmi bowl — is a deliberate act of cultural fusion, not a decorative pairing. Each half speaks its own tradition; together, they form something neither could alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW34261868 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Patain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42975148048455,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/1188\/5639\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-17at4.31.41PM.png?v=1784286212","url":"https:\/\/www.patain.com\/products\/ashta-lakshmi-enthroned-among-the-nats-burma-edit","provider":"Patain","version":"1.0","type":"link"}