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Brahma, late ix or early century. Height 58 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Eggleston Fund, 27.79
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seat," i.e., with legs folded under and hands folded in the illusion of seeing sculpture carved in the round.
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his lap. The back hands holding the usual rosary and The god's faces are distinguished by gentle and medi-
bottle are close to the shoulders and not raised above tative expression. The body is less sensitively modeled
them; the front arms rest on the thighs. Consequently, and rather tubular, although we still notice the stomach
the background panel has been retained only between roll. This corresponds with the date of the temple,
body and arms, between upper arms and back hands, which places the icon between Pullamangai and Punjai
and below the back elbows. The relief almost creates (Figures 3, 4). We note the ribbon of the sacred cord,

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