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Property from the Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth
A small brass figure of Vishnu
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Details
A small brass figure of Vishnu
Northeastern India, Pala Period, 12th/13th Century
The four-armed deity standing on a lotus base over a waisted plinth, the lower hands resting on a staff and the chakra, the upper arms extended, wearing a short dhoti and a garland wrapping around his shoulders, his face with a benign expression surmounted by an arched foliate mandorla, a small donor figure in adoration at the foot of the base, incised with a dedicatory inscription on the reverse
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Pala Period, 12th/13th Century
The four-armed deity standing on a lotus base over a waisted plinth, the lower hands resting on a staff and the chakra, the upper arms extended, wearing a short dhoti and a garland wrapping around his shoulders, his face with a benign expression surmounted by an arched foliate mandorla, a small donor figure in adoration at the foot of the base, incised with a dedicatory inscription on the reverse
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. J.R. Belmont Collection, Basel, before 1964
R.H. Ellsworth Collection
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977
R.H. Ellsworth Collection
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977