Indian Sculpture c8.188

c8.188

With right arms held akimbo—this posture here is an attitude of ease and not of command—and flowers in the hands of the male figure, the supple length of the bodies is balanced by the curve of the arms. A minor feature, the plain garland (Figs. 72, 73) or the crossed garland (Fig. 71), thrown across the arms, gives scope to a predilection of the craftsman for slender, smooth and rounded forms. The lower part of this relief is unfinished. This is responsible for the seeming stiffness of the legs, specially of the male figure.