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Standing Four-Armed Vishnu with His Purushas (Personifications of his Weapons)
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Bronze, Pala period, Bangladesh (Chittagong)
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Sherry and Lawrence Phillips 1991
Title: Standing Four-Armed Vishnu with His Purushas (Personifications of his Weapons)
Description:
Bronze, Pala period, Bangladesh (Chittagong).
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