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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHNU WITH GADANARI This nimbate triad depicts Vishnu joined by two personifications of his
AND CHAKRAPURUSHA divine weapons. The three are attentive to the viewer, the diminutive
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, BIHAR, PALA PERIOD, 9TH CENTURY helpers greeting with their hands in anjali mudra, and Vishnu offering
With a double line inscription on the back of the base. darshan, the opportunity to be seen by Him. From 8th-/9th-century
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) high Northeastern India, this bronze is exemplative of earlier Pala bronzes,
known for more spirited presentations of their deities. Broad facial
$15,000 - 20,000 features reminiscent of the Gupta style, a circular aureole with
pendant leaves framing Vishnu’s crown, and a visible armature at the
back inform this attribution. A closely related, larger shrine is in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (2015.500.4.10).

Published
John Siudmak, Indian and Himalayan Sculpture and Thangkas from
the Collection of the Late Simon Digby, London, 2011, pp.20-1, no.3.

Provenance
The Simon Digby Collection
John Siudmak Asian Art, London, 2011

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