Lakshminarayana
Figure Group
1675-1775 (made)
1675-1775 (made)
| Place of origin |
A group of Vishnu with Lakshmi sitting on his right knee with Garuda kneeling below.Vishnu with a high headdress (kirita) is holding prayer beads (normally associated with Shiva or Brahma) in his lower right hand and a strange openwork object in his upper left. Lakshmi's feet rest on what appears to be a slightly odd lotus. A small Garuda is on the front of the base. The bronze shows a good deal of wear.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Lakshminarayana (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | cast bronze |
| Brief description | Bronze group of Lakshminarayana with Garuda, eighteenth century from South India or possibly the southern Deccan |
| Physical description | A group of Vishnu with Lakshmi sitting on his right knee with Garuda kneeling below.Vishnu with a high headdress (kirita) is holding prayer beads (normally associated with Shiva or Brahma) in his lower right hand and a strange openwork object in his upper left. Lakshmi's feet rest on what appears to be a slightly odd lotus. A small Garuda is on the front of the base. The bronze shows a good deal of wear. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production | or South Deccan |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.38-1937 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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