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INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, 10TH CENTURY
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A red sandstone stele of Vishnu
India, Uttar Pradesh, 10th century
Standing in a frontal stance on a lotus blossom holding the club, conch, and chakra, dressed in a short dhoti and garlanded with the sacred thread, the face with downcast eyes surmounted by a tall headdress and backed by a lotiform nimbus, flanked by a pair of columns with conical capitals, with diminutive devotees above and below
27½ in. (69.9 cm.) high
India, Uttar Pradesh, 10th century
Standing in a frontal stance on a lotus blossom holding the club, conch, and chakra, dressed in a short dhoti and garlanded with the sacred thread, the face with downcast eyes surmounted by a tall headdress and backed by a lotiform nimbus, flanked by a pair of columns with conical capitals, with diminutive devotees above and below
27½ in. (69.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, by 1965