A gilt-bronze figure of Vishnu and Garuda Nepal, 16th century | 尼泊爾 十六世紀 鎏金銅毘濕奴與嘉魯達坐像

Acquired in Bombay in the 1960s.

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於六十年代得自孟買

Compare with a similar exemple of a schist figure of God Vishunu riding his mount, Garuda in the collection of Art Institute Chicago, reference number 1982.1450: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/99489/god-vishnu-riding-his-mount-garuda.

See also another similar figure of Vishnu Garudasana, Nepal, 14th-17th century, illustrated in Gheimnisvolles Nepal Tempelschätze aus zwei Jahrtausenden Margrit Thomsen, Katalog der Ausstellung Hannover (Kestner Museum), München Emil Thoma KG ca, 1978, object 15 (image of the statue on the opposite page).