While most of the Nalanda bronze Buddhas wear the upper robe covering both the shoulders, the Jhewari Buddhas (fig 12) leave their right shoulders bar

While most of the Nalanda bronze Buddhas wear the upper robe covering both the shoulders, the Jhewari Buddhas (fig 12) leave their right shoulders bare. The robes of the Nalanda images are with striations, while that of the Jhewari examples is diaphanous. Besides, the sharp nose, plastically treated arch of the brows, the half-closed eyes and sensitive leaps of the countenance of Jhewari Buddhas are points of departure. The treatment of the hairline in a separate plastic layer from that of the forehead, prominent nippers and incised double-curved line of the wrapping of the lower robe are other distinctive features. Altogether these Buddhas add, both formally and aesthetically, a new idiom to the representation of the Master. (12 of 16)