PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
A granite figure of Vishnu

SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, PALLAVA PERIOD, 9TH/10TH CENTURY

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A granite figure of Vishnu
South India, Tamil Nadu, Pallava period, 9th/10th century
Well-carved with the four-armed deity seated in dhyanasana atop a shaped plinth, his principle right hand raised in abhayamudra and his left hand on his hip, his secondary hands raised holding a staff and a conch, clad in a short dhoti secured with an incised belt and further adorned with a broad band of necklaces with beaded festoons down the center of his torso, his face in a benign expression with almond-shaped eye and surmounted by a high headdress
35 in. (88.8 cm.) high
來源
C.T. Loo, Paris, 1952
Acquired at Christie's, New York, 21 March 2001, lot 40

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Anita Mehta
Anita Mehta

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Compare with another Pallava period example at the British Museum, see T. Blurton, 'South India,' Arts of Asia, vol. 28, no. 2, fig. 142, p. 120.