STANDING VISHNU Bronze South-India , 16th century Dimensions: Height 8,5 cm Weight: 123,6 grams Standing Vishnu on lotus base attached to flat surface. He has four arms and is holding his significant attributes, the mace or gada, discus or sudarshana chakra, conch shell or shankha and lotus flower. He is wearing a high conical headdress and is dressed in a short striped dhoti, anklets, armlets and bracelets. The face's details are rubbed off, which suggests that the statue was kept close at the body as protection or a house shrine.