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Vishnu
Not on view
This standing Vishnu embodies the hero-warrior much favored in seventh-century mainland Southeast Asia. Figures of this type have a highly developed musculature as well as a symmetrical frontal posture, sometimes slightly flexed, and always wear an undecorated crown. There is a clear stylistic descent from a small group of Indic-style Vishnus from peninsular Thailand datable to the fifth and early sixth centuries and related versions from western Java. The products of the Muang Si Mahosot workshops are best understood as belonging to a regional school inspired by the peninsular style of Chaiya.
cat. no. 60
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