Seated Vishnu

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CultureIndian

Titles

Seated Vishnu

Date8th century

Probable placeMadurai, India

MediumGranite

DimensionsOverall: 34 1/2 × 26 7/8 × 14 3/4 in. (87.6 × 68.3 × 37.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. Ellen R. Gritz and Mr. Milton D. Rosenau, Jr., the Raghuthaman Family, and Friends of Asian Art

Object number2021.284

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

200 Brown Gallery

On view

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

STONE CARVING, SHELL & IVORY

ProvenanceOwned by C.T. Loo, by repute, Paris, 1952; [Christie’s, Amsterdam, 1994]; [Christie’s New York, March 2001]; [Christie’s, New York, September 16, 2008]; [Christie’s, New York, September 16, 2009]; purchased by Dana and Michael Cohen, New York, 2009; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition HistoryOn view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, South Asian Galleries, 2016-2019 in the newly refurbished South Asian Galleries. This was a loan from Mr. and Mrs. Cohen to the PMA.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Written above right proper shoulder in yellow: L31

Catalogue raisonnéNA

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