Indian Sculpture c8.142

c8.142

Heavy coiffures add to the weightiness of the bodies, which are weightlessly supported by the way in which flight and soaring are rendered. The scarf of the female figure raises the couple with a high arch, and its broadly swinging ends prepare a concave mould which balances the roundly modelled figures. Their upturned feet brush along the step-like arrangement in the right corner. By introducing this device, which might as well serve as a support, but does not do so, the paradox of flying and heavy bodies becomes even more convincing.