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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
细节
A blackstone relief of the Vishnupatta
Northeastern India, Pala period, 11th/12th century
Square in shape with Vishnu seated in a niche flanked by two attendants holding flywhisks with Gajalakshmi above and Garuda below, the outer border with Lakshmi standing on a tiger and Saraswati on a tortoise, with further worshipful figures, all surrounded by a beaded edge; the verso with two concentric circles centered by a lotus with a raised flower, the petals filled with dancing figures and interspersed with animals and foliage
7½ x 7½ in. (15 x 15 cm.)
Northeastern India, Pala period, 11th/12th century
Square in shape with Vishnu seated in a niche flanked by two attendants holding flywhisks with Gajalakshmi above and Garuda below, the outer border with Lakshmi standing on a tiger and Saraswati on a tortoise, with further worshipful figures, all surrounded by a beaded edge; the verso with two concentric circles centered by a lotus with a raised flower, the petals filled with dancing figures and interspersed with animals and foliage
7½ x 7½ in. (15 x 15 cm.)
来源
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
展览
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983