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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHNU NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY image 1
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Lot 3073

A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHNU
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY

19 March 2018, 15:00 EDT
New York

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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHNU

NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY
7 1/4 in. (18.8 cm) high

Footnotes

Bright orange accretions in recessed areas and a buttery patina with well-rubbed and raised edges suggest that, beyond its creation in the medieval Pala kingdom of Northeastern India, this bronze might have received an active and lengthy devotional career in Nepal. While much attention has been paid to the transmission of Buddhist sculptures and teachings between Indian monasteries and Tibet between the 10th and 12th centuries, Nepal's role as a geographic and artistic intermediary, and a recipient of Buddhist and Hindu traditions, has perhaps not been explored to its fullest – something that the indication of Nepalese devotion on this bronze prompts us to consider.

Compare the bronze stylistically, its size and slender proportions, to the central figure of a complete shrine in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, attributed c.1025, published in Pal, Indian Sculpture, Vol.2, Los Angeles, 1988, pp.201-2, no.100a. The present bronze also compares favorably to another example sold Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1994, lot 104.

Provenance
Private New York Collection, acquired in New York, 1980s

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