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Gray stone statue of a standing four-armed figure with a tall crown, holding a disc and a conch, against a dark gray background.

Standing Four-Armed Vishnu

A standing stone sculpture of a four-armed male deity with a tall cylindrical crown, bare chest, and draped dhoti with a central pleat. The upper hands hold a disc and a conch, while the lower arms are broken; the figure is shown against a plain dark backdrop.

Artist
Unknown
Date
second half of the 7th century
Medium
Stone
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
1600 × 2000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1992

Español: Vishnu de cuatro brazos, de pie

Escultura de piedra de una deidad masculina de cuatro brazos, de pie, con una corona alta y cilíndrica, pecho desnudo y un dhoti drapeado con un pliegue central. Las manos superiores sostienen un disco y una caracola, mientras que los brazos inferiores están rotos; la figura se muestra frente a un fondo oscuro y liso.

Português: Vishnu de quatro braços, em pé

Escultura em pedra de uma divindade masculina de quatro braços, em pé, com coroa alta e cilíndrica, peito nu e um dhoti drapeado com dobra central. As mãos superiores seguram um disco e uma concha, enquanto os braços inferiores estão quebrados; a figura aparece diante de um fundo escuro e liso.

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