A South Indian copper alloy figure of Anantas ...
A South Indian copper alloy figure of Anantashayana. Probably 19th century
A South Indian copper alloy figure of Anantashayana with the four-armed Vishnu resting on the coiled seven-headed snake Ananta (Shesha), which spreads out its hood above Vishnu, his upper hands holding shankha and chakra, from his navel grows a lotus which supports the three-headed Brahma; his consorts Lakshmi und Bhu Devi massage Vishnu’s legs and feet, at the base sixteen rishis, behind Vishnu a flaming torana surmounted by a kirtimukha with Kaitabha und Madhu?, within the torana a palm-like ornament. Probably 19th century.
Height 15 cm; length 11.3 cm
** Provenance
Collection Günter Heil (1938-2014), Berlin
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A South Indian copper alloy figure of Anantashayana. Probably 19th century
A South Indian copper alloy figure of Anantashayana with the four-armed Vishnu resting on the coiled seven-headed snake Ananta (Shesha), which spreads out its hood above Vishnu, his upper hands holding shankha and chakra, from his navel grows a lotus which supports the three-headed Brahma; his consorts Lakshmi und Bhu Devi massage Vishnu’s legs and feet, at the base sixteen rishis, behind Vishnu a flaming torana surmounted by a kirtimukha with Kaitabha und Madhu?, within the torana a palm-like ornament. Probably 19th century.
Height 15 cm; length 11.3 cm
** Provenance
Collection Günter Heil (1938-2014), Berlin
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