Para Vasudeva-Narayana with Vyuhas
Alternate TitleVisnu with Vyuhas (or Emanations)
CultureHindu
DateKarkota period (627-856 C.E.)
MediumCopper alloy inlaid with copper and silver
DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (6.67 × 3.18 × 3.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Ellsworth in Honor of the Appointment of Doris M. Srinivasan as Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object numberF96-19
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DescriptionThis is a four-sided image made of a copper alloy. It is inlaid with copper and silver. On one side is seen a male god with four arms, two side heads and a small figure emerging between his legs from the base. On the other three sides are seen three similar male figures. They are each four armed, but only have one head. The four sided image rests on a base.Exhibition HistoryNo additional exhibition history known at this time.
Christian Humann (1929-1981), (Pan-Asian Collection), New York, by 1981;
With Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York, 1981;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1996.
Doris Meth Srinivasan and Lore Sander, “Visvarupa Vyuha Avatara: Reappraisals Based on an Inscribed Bronze from the Northwest Dated to the Early 5th Century A.D.” in East and West 47, no. 1-4 (December 1997): 168-69, fig. 26-27, (repro.).
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