The Buddhist Art of Gandhara: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c9.17

c9.17

In fig. 23, the winged *deva* is emerging, like the last, from an acanthus leaf base. He wears a *dhoti*, scarf and turban, with a large central ornament, heavy ear-rings, jewelled collar and long flexible necklace. His left hand grasps the scarf hanging over the left shoulder; his right rests on the hip. The bracket at the back is fashioned to resemble a serpent with scaly surface and double head. Although the design and technique are more advanced than in the preceding specimens, the eyes are still unduly wideopen and large, and the folds of the scarf are indicated by roughly incised lines.