A Pala bronze altar of Vishnu with consorts. Bengal or Bihar. Around

A Pala bronze altar of Vishnu with consorts. Bengal or Bihar. Around 11th century On a tall, profiled base supported by splayed legs, each deity stands on a lotus. Vishnu, in samabhanga, holds a mace and a chakra in his secondary hands, a lotus bud in his primary right hand, while the now-lost left would originally have held a shankha. At his sides stand Sridevi and Bhudevi; below appears a small protome of Garuda, and at the foot of the base a small kneeling figure. Stand. Height 16.3 cm

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