A SOUTH INDIAN, PALLAVA STYLE, GREY GRANITE FIGURE OF VISHNU, seated in virasana on a pedestal, his principle hands in abhayamudra and resting on his thigh, both upper hands holding sankha and gada, wearing dhoti, many body-ornaments, his face with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose, elongated earlobes with earrings and jatamakuta, circa 8th Century