The Hindu God Vishnu Being Carried by Garuda

* Nearly 20,000 images of artworks the museum believes to be in the public domain are available to download on this site. Other images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. By using any of these images you agree to LACMA's Terms of Use.

The Hindu God Vishnu Being Carried by Garuda

Bangladesh, Comilla or Chittagong District, circa 850-900
Sculpture
Copper alloy
9 1/2 x 6 x 4 1/8 in. (24.13 x 15.24 x 10.47 cm)
Anonymous gift (M.87.272.2)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bautze-Picron, Claudine. "Two Unpublished Images of the Great Visnuite Devī from Bengal." Journal of Bengal Art 22 (2017): 103-118.

  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.2. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1988.
  • Bautze-Picron, Claudine. "Two Unpublished Images of the Great Visnuite Devī from Bengal." Journal of Bengal Art 22 (2017): 103-118.

  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.2. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1988.
  • Bhuiyan, Mokammal H., ed. Studies in South Asian Heritage, Essays in Memory of M Harunur Rashid. Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 2015.

More...