VISHNU VASUDEVA STELE INDIA, BIHAR REGION
SENA period, XIE - XIIE CENTURY
Basalt
The stele is carved in low and high relief of Vishnu Vasudeva, the supreme form of the god, dressed in dhoti, adorned and crowned. He holds the club (gada), the disk (chakra) and his two forearms are fragmentary. He is accompanied by Lakshmi and Saraswati and stands out against a stele background populated by hybrid creatures.
A basalt stele of Vishnu Vasudeva
India, Bihar region - India - Sena dynasty, 11th - 12th century
H. 74 cm
Provenance :
- Former José Ramón Pons Oliveras collection (1927-2013), Barcelona, acquired 1970/80
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