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Vishnu
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Copper alloy, Pallava period, South India (Tamil Nadu)
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase The Vincent Astor Foundation Cynthia Hazen Polsky Jeff Soref Vijay K. Anand M.D. Nanda Anand Maya Anand and Rohit Anand and Edward and Catharine LaPuma Gifts Director's Fund and Tommy Yang Guo Gift in honor of John Guy 2015
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