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# Indian Sculpture c8.246

Indian Sculpture c8.246

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### [c8.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.246)

A languid and calculated eroticism exhibits the figures with a knowing and self-reflecting smile, which does not stand in need of a mirror. This is held purposelessly, and so as not to catch any reflection, by the female figure who herself reflects, doubly knowing what she is not meant to see.

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