Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar
c. 1250
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar, c. 1250. South India, late Chola Period (900-13th Century). Bronze; overall: 57 x 31 x 23 cm (22 7/16 x 12 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.); base: 18.8 x 32 x 22.5 cm (7 3/8 x 12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1973.187 The two posts on either side are for holding a halo that once encircled the figure.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 57 x 31 x 23 cm (22 7/16 x 12 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Base: 18.8 x 32 x 22.5 cm (7 3/8 x 12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1973.187
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
- Exhibitions
- Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, Sacred India, The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India, Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India, Yoga: The Art of Transformation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 243 Indian and Southeast Asian
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