Studies in Indian Art c9.s3.10

c9.s3.10

The motif developed and continued later in the art of the Gupta period and even afterwards. The deep-cut foliage decorations and creepers with intertwining tendrils are a familiar feature of Gupta art, and in some of them objects of enjoyment are carved as the products of the Wishing Tree. On a beautiful pillar from Gadhwa a creeper with youthful maidens springing from its branches has entwining leaves and offshoots (*Kāmalatā*). The pillar is illustrated by Cunningham (ASR. Vol. X. Pl. VI and on p. 7)¹.