Lot Essay
For a closely related example in the National Museum, New Delhi, see V. Dehejia, Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India, 2007, p. 112, cat. no. 20.
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INDE DU SUD, REGION DU TAMIL NADU, EPOQUE CHOLA, XIIEME-XIIIEME SIECLE
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IMPORTANTE STATUE DE VISHNU EN BRONZE
INDE DU SUD, REGION DU TAMIL NADU, EPOQUE CHOLA, XIIEME-XIIIEME SIECLE
Représenté debout sur un socle lotiforme placé sur une base carrée, la main droite en abhayamudra, les mains supérieures tenant le cakra et le shanka, vêtu d'un dhoti, paré de bijoux, le visage serein, les yeux en amande, coiffé d'un kiritamakuta ; un doigt cassé et un élément manquant
Hauteur: 59 cm. (23¼ in.)
INDE DU SUD, REGION DU TAMIL NADU, EPOQUE CHOLA, XIIEME-XIIIEME SIECLE
Représenté debout sur un socle lotiforme placé sur une base carrée, la main droite en abhayamudra, les mains supérieures tenant le cakra et le shanka, vêtu d'un dhoti, paré de bijoux, le visage serein, les yeux en amande, coiffé d'un kiritamakuta ; un doigt cassé et un élément manquant
Hauteur: 59 cm. (23¼ in.)
Provenance
This bronze figure was a gift from Thomas Aroul to Yvonne Marcelle Bonvin, Louis Bonvin's wife, Governor of French establishments in Pondicherry, India, between 1938-1945
By descent to the present owner
By descent to the present owner
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AN IMPORTANT BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU REGION, CHOLA PERIOD, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU REGION, CHOLA PERIOD, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
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