A BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU

Description:

South-India, Nayak period, 18th/ 19th cent.
H. 13,5 cm
Standing in samapada on a lotus base placed on a plinth, his principle hands in varadamudra and originally holding a club, both upper ones with chakra and shankha, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression and his head topped with the kiritamakuta.
German private collection, according to the family purchased in the mid-1980s - Minor traces of age