INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, 11TH CENTURY

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A Buff Sandstone Figure of Vishnu Asleep on the Serpent Ananta
India, Uttar Pradesh, 11th century
The four-armed Vishnu holding a chakra and conch shell while reclining on the body of Ananta, sheltered by the serpent's hood of multiple cobra heads, Lakshmi resting at his feet and Brahma issuing from his navel on a lotus base to create a new world, with further deities in the background and above
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired at Christie's New York, 21 March 2001, lot 28

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar example in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in P. Pal, Indian Sculpture: Vol. II, 1988, p. 36, cat. no. 36.
Also compare lot 276

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