A NORTH INDIAN, RAJASTHAN, BLACK CHLORITE STELE OF LAKSHMINARAYANA, Vishnu seated in lalitasana on a shaped pedestal, his four hands holding akshamala, gada, sankha and the last around Lakshmi's middle, wearing dhoti, many body-ornaments, his face with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose and smiling lips, his hairdress in kiritamakuta, Lakshmi seated on his left leg, her right hand around his shoulder, the left holding probably lotus, wearing dhoti, many body-ornaments, her face with almond-shaped eyes, the elongated earlobes with pierced circular ear-rings, elaborate hairdress, both are supported by Garuda, kneeling in front of them, flanked by a deity to each side, holding sankha and darpana, 12th/13th Century

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A NORTH INDIAN, RAJASTHAN, BLACK CHLORITE STELE OF LAKSHMINARAYANA, Vishnu seated in lalitasana on a shaped pedestal, his four hands holding akshamala, gada, sankha and the last around Lakshmi's middle, wearing dhoti, many body-ornaments, his face with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose and smiling lips, his hairdress in kiritamakuta, Lakshmi seated on his left leg, her right hand around his shoulder, the left holding probably lotus, wearing dhoti, many body-ornaments, her face with almond-shaped eyes, the elongated earlobes with pierced circular ear-rings, elaborate hairdress, both are supported by Garuda, kneeling in front of them, flanked by a deity to each side, holding sankha and darpana, 12th/13th Century
46 cm high, on wood base

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