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Cup with spout
Cup with ibex
Akshobya
Box for paper and documents
Candlestick base
Safavid tile
Commentary on the 40 Traditions
Fragment of Prabhamandala
Ushnishavijaya
Stupa with cosmic Buddhas
Mamluk Ampoule
Prajñaparamita manuscript with double cover
Winter landscape at a watercourse
Tamon-Ten
Akshobhya the Buddha of the eastern direction
Mirror box
Inro with Tokaido stations
glass thu
Hu vase with painted decoration
Urn for the soul (Hunping)
Reclining Buddha in Parinirvana
Fox dance
Architectural fragment with Shiva and a Vyala
Anthropomorphic neck jar
Civil servant on high pedestal
Jnana Dakshinamurti
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Shalabhanjika
destroy
Worship of Krishna
Head of a bearded man (Silenus or Atlas)
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The defeat of Mara
Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions

Head of Vishnu

Anonymous

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The almond-shaped halo frames the broad and graceful face of the divinity, crowned by a tall kirita-mukuta: the elongated shape of the halo thus enhances the contours of the head, made imposing by the crown. The large eyes, with wide arched eyebrows that stretch towards the contour of the face, and the short and thin nose - although broken - make the face spacious. The full, arched lips display a delicate smile that seems to emphasize the round cheekbones. The long earlobes, refined by ring earrings in the shape of a flower corolla, and the three folds of the broken neck embellish and adorn the beautiful face of the deity. The high cylinder crown, with a more austere stroke, is embellished with a large full-height central jewel. The edge of the smooth nimbus is marked by a frame of large square pearls and, in the outermost portion, by a motif of hemispherical denticles that symbolize, in the form of rays, the solar splendor emanating from Vishnu.
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Title: Head of Vishnu

Author: Anonymous

Date: 7-8 sec. AD

Technique: Sandstone with traces of pigments

Displayed in: MAO - Museum of Oriental Art

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