The four-armed deity stands erect in samapada on a circular lotus base supported by a multi-tiered square plinth. His principal right hand is in the fear dispelling abhayamudra. The preserver is adorned in a tall jeweled crown, several necklaces and foliate armbands. His broad shoulders are accentuated by a tapered waist and soft bulging belly, His elongated torso supported by muscular legs covered in a finely incised patterned veshti, which is elegantly knotted on both sides and secured by a wide girdle with a kirrtimukha at the center. Meant to be viewed in the round, the back of the sculpture is no less masterful than the front. His muscular back and pronounced buttocks project three-dimensional power. His tear-drop shaped face is accentuated by arching eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, a straight aquiline nose, and gently smiling lips. The sensuous modeling coupled with the confident and assured treatment of form suggests a mature or late- Chola date for the sculpture.
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VishnuSouth India
c.1300, late- Chola Period
Bronze 23 ¼ in. (59.4 cm.)
Provenance: Sothebys, New York, September 20th, 2005, Lot no.69
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