Indian Sculpture c8.214

c8.214

The delicate sleekness of this image, partly carved in the round, is of a high quality in the treatment of the chest and in the rendering of the lotuses. Otherwise, however, precision and stiffness belong to an impoverished plastic context; this is shown by the legs, with incised circles for the knees, the dry superposition of garment and pearl-chain, the neatness of proportion of facial features, and the regularity of the carefully dressed jaṭā mukuṭa.