The Buddhist Art of Gandhara: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c15.8
The Buddhist Art of Gandhāra: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c15.8
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One other detail of this interesting *yakshi* statue that calls for a passing remark is the light scarf wound in flowing curves round her right shoulder and arm. Scarves treated in this flowing fashion were used effectively as ornamental adjuncts in many sculptures belonging to this group (e.g. *A.M.I.* pls. 113-15) as well as in earlier sculptures of the Graeco-Parthian group (e.g. fig. 44 above).