Image of the couple Vishnu and Shri. Surrounded by a halo, the two deities stand on a lotus base. Vishnu has four arms, in its right hands a disc and a conch shell and in its left a club and a lotus. The goddess has two arms; she makes the gesture of giving with the right hand and teaching with the left.
Details
- Title : Statue of the couple Vishnu and Shri
- Year : 1600 - 1699
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Hammering / Gilding
- Dimension : h 28 cm × w 18.8 cm × d 4.5 cm
- Accession No : Item number: AK-MAK-1508
- Country/ Geo-location : NEPAL
- Collection : Rijksmuseum
- Credit Line : On loan from the Association of Friends of Asian Art (bequest Maartje Draak, 1996)
- Acquisition Method : 1996 loan
- Origin : Bequeathed by Prof. Dr Amalia Maartje Elisabeth Draak (1907-1995), Amsterdam, to the Association of Friends of Asian Art, 1995; {Note RMA.} From whom on loan to the museum, 1996