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SOUTH INDIA, TAMILNADU, VIJAYANAGAR, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
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A copper figure of Vishnu
South India, Tamilnadu, Vijayanagar, 14th/15th Century
The four-armed divinity standing on a lotus base supported by a stepped plinth incised with a diaper pattern, his principal right hand raised in abhaya mudra and his upper hands holding the wheel and conch shell, wearing a finely pleated dhoti tied with a sash at the hips and adorned with beaded festoons, necklaces, foliate armbands and bracelets, bearing a conical jatamukuta crown surmounted by bud-shaped cintamani, the metal with a warm brown patina and green encrustation
19 in. (50.2 cm.) high
South India, Tamilnadu, Vijayanagar, 14th/15th Century
The four-armed divinity standing on a lotus base supported by a stepped plinth incised with a diaper pattern, his principal right hand raised in abhaya mudra and his upper hands holding the wheel and conch shell, wearing a finely pleated dhoti tied with a sash at the hips and adorned with beaded festoons, necklaces, foliate armbands and bracelets, bearing a conical jatamukuta crown surmounted by bud-shaped cintamani, the metal with a warm brown patina and green encrustation
19 in. (50.2 cm.) high