Not on display

Sculpture

Sculpture
9th Century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Standing figure of Vishnu. It is broken at the thighs and lower part is now missing. The arms are also broken and partly missing. The halo is broken except on the deity's left side where it is penetrated by a small hole. His hair falls over the shoulders in fat ringlets behind his elaborate beaded earrings.He wears a cylindrical crown ornamented with looped garlands above his round face which has fleshy lips and a flattened nose beneath protruding eyes under arched brows. He has a diamond-shaped pendant hanging from the centre of his necklace or possibly this imay be a srivatsa symbol on his chest. A double sacred thread hangs down the left side of his torso and is looped under the belt with its central buckle which sits just above his hips and keeps in place the diaphnaous lower garment which covers his lower body, together with a pleated sash round the top of his thighs.

Object details

Object type
TitleSculpture (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stone shale.
Brief description
Standing figure of Vishnu, Stone Shale, Kashmir, 9th century AD.
Physical description
Standing figure of Vishnu. It is broken at the thighs and lower part is now missing. The arms are also broken and partly missing. The halo is broken except on the deity's left side where it is penetrated by a small hole. His hair falls over the shoulders in fat ringlets behind his elaborate beaded earrings.He wears a cylindrical crown ornamented with looped garlands above his round face which has fleshy lips and a flattened nose beneath protruding eyes under arched brows. He has a diamond-shaped pendant hanging from the centre of his necklace or possibly this imay be a srivatsa symbol on his chest. A double sacred thread hangs down the left side of his torso and is looped under the belt with its central buckle which sits just above his hips and keeps in place the diaphnaous lower garment which covers his lower body, together with a pleated sash round the top of his thighs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18cm
  • Width: 11cm
Object history
Bought from Berkeley Galleries.
Production
Kashmir, North India
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.16-1966

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Record createdSeptember 5, 2002
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