Fragmentary standing figure of Vishnu
On display
In this early Gupta style image, Vishnu is represented as a four-armed, princely figure wearing a crown, garland and jewellery.
Details
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Title
Fragmentary standing figure of Vishnu
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Associated place
Mathura (place of creation) -
Date
4th century AD (AD 301 - 400)
Gupta Period (AD 320 - 600) -
Material and technique
pink sandstone
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
with pole 62 x 35 x 19 cm max. (height x width x depth)
without pole 52 x 35 x 19 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the the Art Fund, the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1996.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1996.77
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Glossary of terms
Vishnu
Further reading
Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 117
Topsfield, Andrew, ‘Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 43/4, (Winter 1997-1998), p. 28, illus. p. 25 fig. 7
