© Ashmolean Museum
Torso of Vishnu
Artist: Cambodian
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 6th-7th Century
Materials: sandstone
Dimensions: 34.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £17,000 (Total: £28,000)
Vendor: Spink & Son
Review number: 4908 (2001)
Provenance:
In private collection in 1960s and on loan to the Denver Art Museum by 1969; American private collection; Spink & Son, London.
Description:
A standing figure of the Hindu god Vishnu wearing a long dhoti with a vertical pleat and a thick sash, the left hand rests on the top of a mace or club. A rare example of the earliest period of sculpture in Cambodia, under Indian cultural influence.
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