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Description: | This figure of Maitreya is elegantly slender and his facial features are finely carved. He stands with his left foot slightly before the right, with his right palm open to display the mark of the discus - a circle crossed with a horizontal line. In his left hand he holds a water vessel with a spout. He wears a headdress consisting of a crown like band around the forehead, surmounted by a point in the centre of the head. Pieces reach down to the shoulders, while the back of the head is uncovered to expose long waving hair. Around the neck is a necklace with a heavy pendant bearing a flower motif, which is repeated on a band at the top of each arm. On each wrist is a thick bangle. Around the shoulders is a scarf which hangs over the arms and down to the lower legs. Drapes around the waist reach to the knees, and a band runs from the waist over the figure's left shoulder. The surface of the figure is smooth and shining and there is little corrosion, only grey discolouration in the crown. Description Source: Lorna Hards | Subjects: | figure sculpture in the round human figurine figurine | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=834... | Go to resource |
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