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A bronze figure of Vishnu
Sylhet region, Bangladesh, circa 8th century

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian
19 March 2012, 14:00 EDT
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A bronze figure of Vishnu

Sylhet region, Bangladesh, circa 8th century
Standing in a hieratic pose of samabhanga on a spreading platform base and framed by an arched prabhamandala and a raised and beaded-edge nimbus. His lower hands hold a wheel and mace, while the upper left hand offers a boon. He wears a long pleated dhoti, a short jaynopavita across his torso and a zoomorphic pendant between his raised nipples. His oversized head is rendered with deeply incised eyes, broad nose and full lips, and he wears a beaded three-leaf crown around a layered coiffure. 4 7/8 in. (12.2 cm.) high

Footnotes

Compare with two Vishnus from Nalanda in the Patna Museum, see Huntington Archive, (2500 and 2501), For a discussion on the Sylhet region see Huntington, The 'Pala-Sena' Schools of Sculpture, 1984, p. 191. Also compare with an bronze of Padmapani in the British Museum, see von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, no. 47E, p. 221.

Also compare the pectoral ornament found on a schist figure if Kumara, from Samalogyi, 8th century, Gujarat, Sotheby's, New York, June 17, 1993, lot 77.

Provenance:
Private German Collection before 1970

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