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View full screenFour-armed figure of Vishnu carved in dark grey stone with an attendant female figure at each side: Asia, South Asia, Northeast India, Pala period, 11th to 12th century
A.1955.70
Northeast India, South Asia
11th - 12th century
Pala
Stone, dark grey, background carved in relief
Depicted: Vishnu
Depicted: Lakhshmi
Depicted: Saraswati
Previous owner: French, Joseph Charles, 1883 - 1954
French, J. C. 'The Art of the Pal Empire in Bengal' in Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 72, No. 3744 (AUGUST 22, 1924), pp. 697-706
Three notebooks of Joseph Charles French (1883 - 1954), Indian Civil Service Bengal, Mss Eur C205, British Library