[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Balustrade # Balustrade These balustrades in the form of mythical animals would have flanked an entrance staircase to a Hindu temple. This pair of sculptures take the form of a hybrid lion-bird, depicted clasping a winged creature in lion-jaws and ensnaring it in a serpent-like tail. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1500–1600 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-122-a-1984](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-122-a-1984) · Pramāṇa