A NORTH INDIAN, PALA STYLE, PHYLLITE STONE STELE DEPICTING VISHNU, standing in samabhanga on lotus, his principle hands resting in varadamudra against a padma, his upper hands holding gada and cakra, wearing pleated dhoti, mala, many body-ornaments, his face with almond-shaped eyes, pouting lips, elongated earlobes, high kiritamakuta, flanked by Sri holding the chamara and Sarasvati holding the vina, a throne behind carved with horizontal beams with makara, sardula and kinnaris, a pair of vidyadharas above flanking the central kirttimukha, the base carved with scrolling and a pair of adorants, 12th Century

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A NORTH INDIAN, PALA STYLE, PHYLLITE STONE STELE DEPICTING VISHNU, standing in samabhanga on lotus, his principle hands resting in varadamudra against a padma, his upper hands holding gada and cakra, wearing pleated dhoti, mala, many body-ornaments, his face with almond-shaped eyes, pouting lips, elongated earlobes, high kiritamakuta, flanked by Sri holding the chamara and Sarasvati holding the vina, a throne behind carved with horizontal beams with makara, sardula and kinnaris, a pair of vidyadharas above flanking the central kirttimukha, the base carved with scrolling and a pair of adorants, 12th Century
106 cm high, excluding pin (minor damage)

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