Padmapurusha, the Personified Lotus of Vishnu
Wearing one lotus in his headdress and holding another in his hand, this pot-bellied figure personifies the lotus (padma) of the god Vishnu. Carved to stand alongside a larger-scale image of Vishnu, he would have tilted his head toward the god. As a flower that rises above the...
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Sculpture
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2547
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sculpture
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normalized
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Doris Wiener Gallery, New York City [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, December 1968, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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8
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_25.258_Fnt_UK.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_25.258_Fnt_UK.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_25.258_Fnt_UK.jpg |
| imageCount | 8 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/25.258 |
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sandstone
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