Torso of Vishnu

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Details

  • Title

    Torso of Vishnu

  • Associated place

    Cambodia (place of creation)
  • Date

    6th - 7th century AD (AD 501 - 700)
  • Material and technique

    sandstone

  • Material index

  • Technique index

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    with mount 44 x 17 x 9 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    35 x 17 x 9 cm max. (height x width x depth)
  • No. of items

    1

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, 2000.

  • Museum location

    First floor | Gallery 32 | India from AD 600
  • Museum department

    Eastern Art

  • Accession no.

    EA2001.15

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Glossary of terms

Vishnu

Further reading

Dupont, Pierre, La statuaire préangkorienne, Artibus Asiae, Supplementum, 15 (Ascona: Artibus Asiae, 1955), passim, pl. XVII figs a & b, pl. XVIII figs a & b, pl. XIX figs a & b

O'Connor, Stanley J., Hindu Gods of Peninsular Siam, Artibus Asiae. Supplementum, 28 (Ascona: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1972)

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