Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c16.20

c16.20

Another Kauśāmbī plaque in the Allahabad Museum (2" × 2¼") shows a Bacchanalian scene, with a woman and a man seated opposite each other on wicker chairs (vetrāsana). The female figure holds in uplifted right hand a wine jar with a lid (surā-ghaṭa), and embraces with left arm her partner; the male figure holds a small cup in right hand and a flute in left. Both are wearing typical headdresses as seen on male and female heads in the Bharhut sculpture. [Fig. 231].