A stone figure of Vishnu, Nepal, 18th century | 尼泊爾 十八世紀 石雕毗濕奴立像

Frederick Theodore Wakefield, acquired in 1953.

John Siudmak, London. 

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得於Frederick Theodore Wakefield，1953年

John Siudmak，倫敦

Indian and Himalayan Sculpture, John Siudmak Asian Art, London, 2012, cat., no. 17.

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《 印度與喜馬拉雅雕塑》，John Siudmak Asian Art，倫敦，2012年，編號17

Ulrich Von Schroeder, Nepalese Stone Sculptures, Weesen, vol. I, p. 429, pl. 136G.

Vishnu stands in the classic frontal posture wearing garlands of flowers and a three leaf crown with staves behind and feather above the right ear, holding the conch and mace in his upper hands and the lotus flower and wheel in the lowered hands, with a diminutive Garuda kneeling on the lotus pedestal to the left.

The sculpture was acquired in 1953 by Frederick Theodore Wakefield at Godavari in the Kathmandu Valley, see John Siudmak, op. cit., p. 36. The sculpture bears close stylistic resemblance to a Nepalese Vishnu Garudasana in the Art Institute of Chicago, note the single feather in the left side of the crown above the ear, and the staves rising behind the head and framed by the halo, see Susan L. Huntington and John C. Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree, Dayton, 1990, pl. 97.