Back view of a brass sculpture of Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, lifting a small figure on a pedestal base with an arched backdrop.

Boar Incarnation of Vishnu Lifting the Earth Goddess (Bhuvaraha)

A small brass figure of a multi-armed deity stands on a stepped base, his boar head turned sideways and one hand raised. He lifts a small female figure with one arm while a sinuous serpent coils below him. A rounded halo-like arch rises behind the figure.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 11th century
Medium: Brass
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2386 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf

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