A buff sandstone figure of Vishnu Vamana Avatar

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH OR RAJASTHAN, 10TH CENTURY

Details

A buff sandstone figure of Vishnu Vamana Avatar
India, Uttar Pradesh or Rajasthan, 10th Century
The portly figure of Vishnu as a dwarf avatar standing on a raised plinth flanked by attendants, wearing a long garland and holding his attributes in his radiating arms, deeply carved in the round in openwork
30¾ in. (78 cm.) high

Provenance

Cyrus Gallery, New York, 1980s

Lot Essay

This sculpture is carved with great vitality in openwork. For a stylistically related example of Kubera, dated to the late 10th century, see P. Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Vol. 1: Art from the Indian Subcontinent, 2003, cat. no. 93, p. 135.

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