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A SILVER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF LAKSHMI NARAYAN
WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
印度西部 約十五世紀 銅錯銀毘濕奴與吉祥天女像
Published:
Arman Neven, Sculpture des Indes, Brussels, 1978, p. 219, no. 158.
Exhibited:
Sculpture des Indes, Société Générale de Banque, Brussels, 8 December 1978 - 31 January 1979.
Provenance:
With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s
Vishnu (Narayana) is seated in lalitasana, with Lakshmi balanced on his bent left leg. Completing the composition is Garuda kneeling at his feet, and two attendants or donor figures flanking the rectangular platform.
The adoration this personal shrine sculpture has enjoyed over centuries is evident in the worn features of both Vishnu and Lakshmi. The eyes, consisting of small inlaid silver discs, are the only discernible features remaining on each face. A closely related example of Vishnu in the Victoria & Albert Museum (IM.130-1924) is also worn almost beyond recognition.