Their vitality, plastic modelling and meditative faces endow them with real qualities of a worshipable icon. The Kasipur Visnu, about 90-cm high, is in black basalt, and seems to be one of the best examples of Bengal art in her artist's favourite stone. The Visnu from Deora is carved in bluish basalt. The former Surya is in the collection of Asutosh Museum, Kolkata, and the latter is in the Varendra Research Museum, Rajshahi.
Some of the museums in Europe and United States of America are now rich with Indian sculptures of the ancient and medieval periods, including examples from the 6th-7th century Eastern India. For an instance, The Cleveland Museum of Art possesses a boldly carved Visnu seated on his vehicle Garuda in black stone (H. 80 cm) and a number of Buddha images belonging to the period and the region. But for more examples of Buddhist images, especially for various Bodhisattva and Tara forms, the collections of Nalanda Museum and Indian Museum are extremely significant. A fine representative of the expression may be recognised in a standing gilt bronze Manjushri discovered from Salar, near Mahasthan in Bogra, and now in the Varendra Research Museum (fig 8). In his slightly moving stance, the Boddhisttva is in the gesture of boon giving by his right hand and protection by the left. (08 of 16)
Some of the museums in Europe and United States of America are now rich with Indian sculptures of the ancient and medieval periods, including examples from the 6th-7th century Eastern India. For an instance, The Cleveland Museum of Art possesses a boldly carved Visnu seated on his vehicle Garuda in black stone (H. 80 cm) and a number of Buddha images belonging to the period and the region. But for more examples of Buddhist images, especially for various Bodhisattva and Tara forms, the collections of Nalanda Museum and Indian Museum are extremely significant. A fine representative of the expression may be recognised in a standing gilt bronze Manjushri discovered from Salar, near Mahasthan in Bogra, and now in the Varendra Research Museum (fig 8). In his slightly moving stance, the Boddhisttva is in the gesture of boon giving by his right hand and protection by the left. (08 of 16)
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