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SOUTH ASIAN OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION
INDIA
Sculpture from the Kushan Period
Sculpture from North India, 5th-7th Centuries
Jain sculpture
Sculpture of the Pala Period
Stone Sculpture from Hindu Temples
Sculptures from South India, 8th-9th Centuries
Bronze Sculpture of the Chola Period
Art for the Mughal and Rajput Courts
Hindu Temple Hangings
Buddhist Painting from India, Nepal, and Tibet
NEPAL
Buddhist Painting from India, Nepal, and Tibet
Sculpture from Nepal
PAKISTAN
Sculpture from the Kushan Period
SRI LANKA
Two Bodhisattvas from Sri Lanka
Vishnu
India, Tamil Nadu; Chola period (880-1279), 11th century
Copper alloy
H. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm)
Gift from The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
1994.003
The Hindu god Vishnu, known as the preserver and keeper of the order of the cosmos, is shown striding in this unusual representation. He has sixteen arms which once held a variety of objects symbolizing his many capabilities. Vishnu's characteristic warrior attributes can still be clearly recognized: a wheel and a conch shell are held in his upper hands and a lotus and a club in his extended lower hands. The small size of this image suggests that it was made for private devotion.
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