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SculptureHari-Hara
This free-standing sculpture is characterized by the division of Shiva and Vishu iconography. Jatamakuta and Trishula of Shiva are in the right whereas Kiritamakuta and disc of Vishu at the left. The long dhoti indicates Indian affiliation but the tiger head at the right side of the dhoti is the iconographical character of Shiva.
SculptureBuddha Sculpture
The Standing Buddha Image with The Abhaya Mudra or Standing Repelling Posture. and walking images. The gesture can be made with the right hand, the left hand or both hands. The hand is held upwards, palm facing outward, the fingers together, the arm bent at the elbow. The Fleshy protuberance on the crown of the head is in the spiral without unalom ( hair between eyebrows). The eyes look low. The robe is very thin and look like it is wet. It is fully covered the whole body without stripe in the Indian’s Gupta art of Sarnath School. The right arm raised up in the Vitarka Mudra (teaching gesture) Position while the left arm that is missing, is assumed to originally hold the seam of the robe in the pattern of Gupta Art. The Buddha Image is firmly upstanding.
