The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.s2.129

v2.c16.s2.129

In the same way in well-finished statues the high cheek bones and other peculiarities of feature, as also drapery, may be accepted as good tests to that end. Posture or pose being generally dependant on the nature of action intended to be indicated, and human nature being everywhere alike and liable to produce the same or similar postures under similar circumstances, is not always a safe guide, still there are even in it peculiarities which when well-known may be depended upon.