A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.69

c13.s6.69

be an apostle on his wedding-day, hence dressed in the clothes and ornaments of a bridegroom.’ The clothes are somewhat scanty. The artist has rendered with remarkable success the attitude and facial expression of religious ecstasy powerful enough to tear away a bridegroom from the side of his bride (Fig. 193). The image has strong claims to be considered the finest of the Polonnāruwa bronzes, or, at least, to be placed second only to the Naṭarāja, No. 15 (Fig. 188), which is the most highly finished in the collection.