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Standing Figure of Vishnu

Medium: Gilt bronze (high copper content)
Place Made: Nepal
Dates: 10th century
Collections: Asian Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Southeast Asian Art, 2nd Floor
Accession Number: 29.18
Credit Line: Gift of Frederic B. Pratt
Image: Front, 29.18_front_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Standing figure of Vishnu with four arms holding his attributes: wheel (chakra), club (gada), conch (sankha) and two bosses in the main right hand replacing the god's lotus. Condition: some gilt gone or uneven, most stone inlay now missing, and the club held in the upper left hand is bent. Figure does not have its own base.

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