A brass altar of Lakshmi Narayana
India, Gujarat or Himachal Pradesh, circa 12th century
Vishnu seated on the shoulders of Garuda on a lotus blossom over a footed plinth, holding various implements in his four arms, with Lakshmi seated on his thigh and her arm around his neck, both wearing tall conical headdresses, flanked by a male and female attendant holding fly whisks, and backed by an aureole with lotus nimbus and a conical finial
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) high
A brass altar of Lakshmi Narayana
India, Gujarat or Himachal Pradesh, circa 12th century
Vishnu seated on the shoulders of Garuda on a lotus blossom over a footed plinth, holding various implements in his four arms, with Lakshmi seated on his thigh and her arm around his neck, both wearing tall conical headdresses, flanked by a male and female attendant holding fly whisks, and backed by an aureole with lotus nimbus and a conical finial
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) high
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