Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.35
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.35
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Another motif perfect in its aesthetic treatment is that of Mother and Child in which a young woman is holding a child in her lap or coaxing the boy with a rattle (J 16), styled as *Mātṛ-mūrti* in later Orissan art and *Putra-vallabhā* in the art of western India. In one case the female is carrying a pitcher on her head and wearing rustic dress. In Mathura art she would be the typical *Gopikā* but later on styled as *Jayā* with a *Kumbha* on head. On another pillar (148) she is shown carrying an incense burner placed on the shaft (*Daṇḍa-dīpa*). [Fig. 139].