Bronze, South India, 18th century

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Vishnu standing in a hieratic posture on a lotiform pedestal in a four-armed form, wearing a Mukuta high tiara, wearing a pleated dowry adorned with jewels holding the çakra wheel of the law and the conch çanka
Height: 15cm.

Vishnu : Vishnu is one of the three gods of Hinduism (the two ohers being Shiva and Brahma). Vishnu is often depicted reclining on a lotus flower above the Shesha Naga. Lakshmi is Vishnu's consort, his mount is the eagle geruda. Vishnu's main attributes are : a mace, a chakra, a conch shell and a lotus flower