A bronze triad of Vishnu, Shridevi, and Bhudevi

SOUTH INDIA, VIJAYANAGAR PERIOD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A bronze triad of Vishnu, Shridevi, and Bhudevi
South India, Vijayanagar period, 16th/17th century
Heavily cast with the four-armed Vishnu holding his attributes the conch and disk, with his legs crossed and principal hands in the gesture of playing a flute, wearing a short dhoti and pendent sashes, accompanied by his two wives, each individually cast holding a lotus bud and with one arm extended alongside in mirrored poses
18 in. (45.7 cm.), the highest

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Private Collection, Switzerland
Private collection, New Jersey, acquired from Christies New York, 20 September 2006, lot 74

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This unusual triad combines the iconography of Vishnu with his well-known avatar, Krishna, in the gesture of playing the flute. The female figures likewise can be viewed in two ways: Shridevi dressed with the breast-band then appears as Krishna's principal wife, Rukmini, while Bhudevi, the Earth goddess, evokes Satyabhama, Krishna's favorite. Images of a multi-armed Vishnu in the guise of Krishna are rare; for another example, eight-armed and lacking the wives, see P. Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum: Vol. 1, Art from the Indian Subcontinent, 2003, pp. 261 and 275, cat. no. 199.

SOUTH INDIA, VIJAYANAGAR PERIOD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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