Ramanuja - Lot 5

Ramanuja Southern India circa 17th century Copper alloy. H. 23 cm An important figure in the Shri-vaishnava movement, movement, Ramanuja was born in Tamil Nadu around 1050. numerous temples and monasteries throughout southern India. throughout southern India. In Mysore, he converted the Hoysala ruler, King VIshnuvardhana. Rejecting the cult of images, he had admitted many castes into his order. The author of numerous religious treatises, he is considered by his disciples to be a new incarnation of Vishnu. He is depicted here in his classical iconography, seated with hands clasped in front of his chest. The object he is holding in the crook of his right arm is not an axe, but a stick but a staff on which hangs a sort of banner. The very fine quality of the cast highlights the body's of the body. Provenance : - Collection of Dr P.M.