Indian Sculpture c8.255
Indian Sculpture c8.255
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c8.255
95. Indrāṇī, from Saṭnā. Tenth century.²³³ Indian Museum, Calcutta. Two types of form and two corresponding facial expressions combine: the leading and aboriginal type, with a welling plastic mass and a face blindly steeped in the pride of the body which carries it; a pouting mouth is set forth by a short-featured physiognomy, with bulging traits. Secondly, the subsidiary and western (i.e. mediæval) trend, sharply linear in limbs and profiles of some of the attendant figures.