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A GRANITE FIGURE OF VISHNU EXHIBITED:
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, CHOLA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY On loan to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1983-2010 (266.1983).
Seated in lalitasana with the right hand raised in a welcoming gesture, the The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan,
upper hands holding a chakra and a conch, clad in an ankle-length dhoti and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf
and adorned with a sacred thread and a torc, the face with full lips and Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997, cat. no. 39.
almond-shaped eyes surmounted by a conical headdress
LITERATURE:
29º in. (74.3 cm.) high P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from
the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago,1997, pp. 41 and 280,
$20,000-30,000
cat. no. 39.

PROVENANCE:
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 9 June 1980. 印度南部 泰米爾納德邦朱羅王朝 十一世紀 花崗岩雕毗濕奴坐像
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago. 來源:
Spink and Son Ltd.，倫敦，1980年6月9日。
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。

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