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Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar

c. 1250
(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.)
Weight: 40 kg (88.18 lbs.)
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1973.187
Location: 243 Indian and Southeast Asian
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The two posts on either side are for holding a halo that once encircled the figure.

Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar

c. 1250

South India, late Chola Period (900-13th Century)

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