A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.48

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Dr. Vogel describes a mutilated statue (height 3 feet 10 inches or 1 m. 17) of a male deity standing with his left hand resting on his hip (Mathurā Museum, E. 12, *Catal.*, p. 108), which evidently had three heads, of which that on the proper right has been lost. The style indicates that the image belongs to the Kushān period. ‘It is of interest as the only polycephalic image which can be attributed to that epoch.’ Another sculpture in the Mathurā Museum (J. 7, *Catal.*, p. 143, Pl. XXII), 2 feet 7½ inches high, described by the same author, seems to date from the time of Kanishka. The subject of the alto-rilievo, which is on the front of a railing pillar, is ‘a male figure of Faun-like appearance with elaborate turban, necklace of beads, and other ornaments. He is standing under a mango-tree in blossom, with his right hand raised to his lips, and with his left placed against his thigh.’ This is a very artistic and well-modelled composition.