Ashok Bhowmick An unusual sculpture of Ujjain museum.

Ashok Bhowmick

An unusual sculpture of 

Ujjain museum.

I stopped near this sculpture because of its interestingly carved short trunk ! I also noticed the well sculpted upper portion of hands with ornamental bands , which almost abruptly terminated at elbow to form the palms .
I am sure you too will not miss it . It is even more interesting to note the curved scar on the belly ( see detail) . All these features suggests that the trunk was possibly got broken while the sculpture was in it's final stage of making . The sculptor then carved the remnant of the trunk to give somewhat tapered and finished look . But that was not where the sculptor stopped . To match the smaller trunk he reshaped the lower portions of hands and legs . He created the sacred thread from left shoulder down to right waist , and also made necklace with twelve beads . But he could not fill the curved scar ( created after the trunk was brocken ). And this mark along with the shortened truck and appendages helped the archaeologists to tell us the story of this unusual sculpture .
We salute the creativity of the unknown sculptor , who retrieved a brocken sculpture in a way where rhythm, balance and harmony was so wonderfully maintained to uphold it's aesthetic values.
Well if you like the narration, then thank Ramansing Solanki of Ujjain museum, who so nicely explained to me everything about this sculpture.

sculpture.