A rare green stone figure of Vishnu
Kashmir, 8th century
Powerfully carved in the round in gently swayed tribhanga, holding his conch and a lotus flowerhead, wearing a finely fitted dhoti, armlets, necklaces and an elaborate tiara, his face with a benign expression and backed by an ovoid smoothly polished halo
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high
A rare green stone figure of Vishnu
Kashmir, 8th century
Powerfully carved in the round in gently swayed tribhanga, holding his conch and a lotus flowerhead, wearing a finely fitted dhoti, armlets, necklaces and an elaborate tiara, his face with a benign expression and backed by an ovoid smoothly polished halo
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high
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