Mathura: Railposts from Buteshwar, women standing on grotesques
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Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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Again the formula of the lovely female takes primary position in railing decoration in these examples from Bhuteshwar, The crouching guhyakas (also called grotesques) are again their 'footstools,' and above the ladies are the miniature balconies from which loving couples reach downward or peek out timidly at the goddess below, In these roles, the Yakshis are veritable guardians of the palace pleasures, Their soft curves and amorous poses are delightfully suggestive of the joyful palace life of that time, and they do not cease to be charming even as simple reminders that man's happiness is often tied to the most common earthly pastimes, -- Mathura, Curzon Museum,
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circa 1970s
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