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Property from the Collection of Siddharth K. Bhansali
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHNU WITH GADANARI AND CHAKRAPURUSHA
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, BIHAR, POST-GUPTA PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY 8 in. (20.3 cm) high
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As Dr. Pal writes: "Although missing its base and aureole...this is an important bronze for the completeness of the three figures and its early date. The central columnar figure of Vishnu would originally have stood on a high lotus, while his two personified attributes—Gadanari (Club-woman) and Chakrapurusha (Wheel-man)—stood on the base itself. Vishnu is distinguished by his physical eminence, his garland of wild flowers, and four arms. The front right hand is stretched in the gesture of varada or munificence, while the left holds the conchshell. The additional hands are placed on the heads of the personified attributes. "The proportions and modeling of all three figures with simple ornaments indicate a post-Gupta date. With his wide shoulders, robust arms, and columnar legs, Vishnu's figure...is comparable to metal Balarama and Surya images in the British Museum [von Schroder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.221, nos.47D-E]...The two graceful personified attributes here also are closer in style to Gupta-period figures than to those of the Pala period." Published Pratapaditya Pal,?The Elegant Image: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Bronzes from the Indian Subcontinent in the Siddharth K. Bhansali Collection, New Orleans, 2011, p.56, no.20. Exhibited The Elegant Image: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Bronzes from the Indian Subcontinent in the Siddharth K. Bhansali Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, 5 August - 23 October 2011.? Provenance Sotheby's, London, 5 June 1989, lot 90 Collection of Siddharth K. Bhansali, New Orleans