Statue

29-92-1

From: India | Deccan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-92-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India | Deccan
Date Made 12th Century
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Iconography Vishnu | Sankha | Chakra
Description

Black stone image of Vishnu, Universal Preserver, one of the gods of the Hindu trinity. Vishnu holds in his right hand the sankha, an ornamented conch which he blows in battle and in his left hand the chakra, a disc-like weapon. The head is missing.

Height 101 cm
Width 61 cm
Depth 14 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1918
Other Number L-1961-19 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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