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Lot 101

A bronze Figure of Vishnu
Northeastern India, Pala period, 9th/10th Century

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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A bronze Figure of Vishnu
Northeastern India, Pala period, 9th/10th Century

standing on a raised circular lotus base over a rectangular stepped plinth, his mount Garuda seated at the centre of the plinth and two female devotees on the left, flanked by two diminutive figures of Shridevi and Bhudevi on smaller lotus bases, his principal right hand raised in abhayamudra, a conch in his principal right hand, his upper hands carrying a wheel and a club, backed by a large oval nimbus
20 cm. high

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Formerly in the collection of Simon Digby.

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