G760.6 A STANDING BRONZE VISHNU
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU

VIJAYANAGAR PERIOD

15^TH – 16^TH CENTURY

H. 19 CMS, 7 ½ INS

A four-armed bronze Vishnu with an attractive glossy brown patina, standing on a square pedestal and holding his various attributes, the inner right hand missing.

The Vijayanagar empire, with its capital city of Vijayanagara (now Hampi), in modern Karnataka lasted from 1336 to 1660.

For a 16^th century example in the Government Museum, Chennai, see cat. no. 68 in R. Kannan, Manual on the Bronzes in the Government Museum, Chennai, 2003.

Provenance: Private English Collection.

Acquired during the family’s long service in India between 1946 and 1967.