Agni with Celestial Attendant

ca. 950-1000

34.4 cm 41 cm 14.3 cm

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Although damage to the attributes held by this plump, four-armed male deity obscures his identity, he is likely Agni, god of fire and protector of the southeastern direction. Accompanied by a woman holding a flywhisk, Agni is represented with a beard and matted locks of hair....

Sculpture

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38811
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Rudi Oriental Art, New York; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1976; given to Walters Art Museum, 2003.
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en
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