A BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU

Description:

South-India, Nayak period, ca. 18th c.
H. 17./28,5 cm (o.S.)
Standing in samabhanga with his four arms radiating around his body, his principle hands showing abhayamudra and varadamudra, both upper ones holding attributes, wearing dhoti secured around the hips with a belt, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, kiritamakuta topping his head and placed in front of a separate cast flaming halo. On wood base.
Former German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Feet and base missing