South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c10.156

c10.156

Of the two examples illustrated here, the one on the right is perhaps the most decadent specimen of the image discovered up to date and was probably the work of some Sinhalese craftsmen trying to imitate the Chola Sthapathis. The image, on the left, is of the commonest type without any striking features, but in contrast with its neighbour displays a happy quality in its rythmic disposition of the arms and the legs (*vide* pages 66-67).