Indian Sculpture c8.72

c8.72

³² Panel of upright of toraṇa, West gate, stūpa I, Sāñcī. Late first century B.C. Figure of a Yakṣa, garlands are suspended to either side on top. The mollified modelling, relatively relaxed and smoothly gliding outline, the ease of posture and movement belong to the late phase of early classical sculpture. A sense of physical well-being hovers in the face and keeps the eyes swimming in a blissfulness which the yielding mouth tastes with a smile that foreshadows its own transiency.