Vishnu

     Komal, Mayavaram Taluk, Thanjavur District. Height 77 cm. About 10th Century AD.

     Standing on a padmasana over a bhadrasana. It is a well executed image. The discus is held obliquely, a position which is generally associated with a less conventionlised  type of image. There is , however, no lotus in the lower right hand. The presence of the maximum ordinary number of flames on both conch and discus is in keeping with the elaborate decoration of the whole image. The srivatsa or raised triangular mole above the right breast has the form of a cross-legged seated figure of Lakshmi. A small circle is incised above the left breast. There are three necklaces, the uppermost narrow in front, hidden beneath the hair behind; and the third one broad throughout, highly decorated in front, less so behind. The girdle bears the conventional median loop and lion face ornament.

Vishnu

     Locality unknown. Height 16 cm. About 9th Century AD.

     Seated on a padmasana over a bhadrasana which has spikes for holding the prabha. There is a Kirita makuta on the head holding discus and conch on the upper hands and lotus and mace in the lower hands. Emblems are close to the face. The yajnopavita with a broad fastening over the left breast. Both the presence of six flames on the conch and discus and treatment of the draperies, suggest that this has been an elaborately decorated figure. Its chief interest lies in the small mace held horizontally in the lower left hand, and the small lotus flower that rests flat on the up turned palm of the lower right hand.