Hiranyakashipu, The Demon-King

Medium

Wood with cloth and polychrome

Dimensions

H. 27 in. (68.6 cm); W. 22 in. (55.9 cm); D. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Culture

Southern India, Tamil Nadu, probably Thanjavur district

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift and The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund, 2015

Accession Number

2015.255.2a–d

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