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Vishnu entronizado

second half of the 8th–early 9th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 239
Esta escultura monumental—a maior da coleção sul-asiática do Museu—é uma amostra rara da arte da dinastia Pandya, a que iniciou, juntamente com a dinastia Pallava, a primeira grande fase de construção de templos na Índia meridional. Vishnu está sentado em um trono de leão na postura régia relaxada denominada lalitasana. Seu papel no hinduísmo é restaurar a ordem no mundo humano e combater os males que ameaçam a estabilidade do universo. Originalmente sustentava uma concha (usada como uma trombeta de batalha), na mão superior esquerda e um disco bélico na mão superior direita. A mão inferior direita era levantada com o gesto de abhaya-mudra.

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Object Information
  • Título: Vishnu entronizado
  • Período: Dinastia Pandya
  • Data: Segunda metade do século VIII–início do século IX
  • Geografia: Índia, Tamil Nadu
  • Meio: Granito
  • Dimensões: 2,97 m de altura
  • Linha de créditos: Compra, doação da The Charles Engelhard Foundation, em memória de Charles Engelhard, 1984
  • Número de acesso: 1984.296
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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