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12TH CENTURY
Details
A Northeast Indian, Pala styla, phyllite stone stele of Vishnu
12th century
The four-armed deity standing on a lotus which is placed on a stepped plinth carved with tendrils, donors and Garuda, his principle hands in varadamudra and holding sankha, both others with gada and cakra, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his face with almond-shaped eyes, high kiritamakuta, flanked by Laksmi and Sarasvati holding camara respectively vina and elaborate backslab with central kirrtimukha
61 cm high
12th century
The four-armed deity standing on a lotus which is placed on a stepped plinth carved with tendrils, donors and Garuda, his principle hands in varadamudra and holding sankha, both others with gada and cakra, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his face with almond-shaped eyes, high kiritamakuta, flanked by Laksmi and Sarasvati holding camara respectively vina and elaborate backslab with central kirrtimukha
61 cm high
Provenance
Acquired before 1970
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