id: 149965 accession number: 1980.194 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.194 updated: 2023-09-15 11:23:04.323000 Vishnu, 800s. Nepal. Schist; overall: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1980.194 title: Vishnu title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 800s creation date earliest: 800 creation date latest: 899 current location: 237 Himalayan creditline: The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Nepal technique: schist department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Nepalese Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). title: Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation opening date: 2023-03-10T05:00:00 Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-September 17, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1980 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1980– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The dark stone was highly polished and once gleamed like bronze. digital description: The axial stance and somber expression visually amplify the powerful nature of this four-armed Hindu god. The crown and fine textiles communicate his regal qualities. In his upper left hand, a conch shell signals the start of battle or the sound of OM at the opening of a mantra recited to quell inner demons. Vishnu’s followers glorify his ability to destroy demonic forces that bring imbalance and disorder, both throughout the world and within oneself. wall description: The axial stance, straight and symmetrical, and somber expression visually amplify the powerful nature of this four-armed Hindu god. The crown and fine textiles communicate his regal qualities. In his upper left hand, a conch shell signals the start of battle or the sound of OM at the opening of a mantra recited to quell psychological impediments to equanimity. Vishnu’s followers glorify his ability to destroy demonic forces that bring imbalance and disorder, both throughout the world and within oneself. In Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism, introduced from India, have co-existed for more than 15 centuries. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (1981): 163–219. page number: Mentioned: no. 303, p. 219; Reproduced: no. 303, p. 201 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.194/1980.194_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.194/1980.194_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.194/1980.194_full.tif