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Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar
c. 1250
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The two posts on either side are for holding a halo that once encircled the figure.
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- Title: Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar
- Date Created: c. 1250
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 57 x 31 x 23 cm (22 7/16 x 12 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Base: 18.8 x 32 x 22.5 cm (7 3/8 x 12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920–2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.187
- Medium: bronze
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: South India, late Chola Period (900-13th Century)
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 1973.187
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