- Title:
- Vishnu
- Object name(s):
- Sculpture
- Brief description:
- A four-armed standing figure of Vasudeva or Vishnu attended by Sri Devi and Bhu Devi.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Content - concept:
- Hindu
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AT8655/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 33.6
- Object history note:
- Bought from the estate of J.C.French.
- Object name:
- Sculpture
- Object number:
- IS.20-1955
- Object production date:
- 10th Century
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 0900-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1000-12-31
- Object production note:
- Found in Mahastan on the Karatoya river, Bogra district, Bangladesh
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Bangladesh
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- A four-armed standing figure of Vasudeva or Vishnu attended by Sri Devi and Bhu Devi.
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AT8655
- Reproduction number:
- 2018KY9297
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Style:
- Pala
- Technique:
- Bronze
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- VISHNU ATTENDED BY SRI DEVI AND BHU DEVI Copper alloy Reported found near the Karatoya river, Mahastan Bogra District, Bangladesh Pala period c. 9th century IS.20-1955
- Text date:
- 25/09/2000
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Illustrated in " The 'Pala-Sena' Schools of Sculpture, Susan L, Huntington, E.J.Brill: Leiden 1984.
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.29
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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