
Cleveland Museum of Art
Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar
- Date
- c. 1250
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- South India, late Chola Period (900-13th Century)
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The two posts on either side are for holding a halo that once encircled the figure.
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