192 MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN SCULPTURE CHAP. VII The chlorite Bhagavati, 7 feet high, on the tower of the Great Temple (Fig. 136), A goddess. is an excellent example of the numerous elaborate and carefully carved statues of deities modelled according to strict rule. Such images are exhibitions of the… … Fic. 134. Panel on tower of Great Temple, Bhuvanesvar. (Ibid., No. 46, Pl. XXVI.) At the famous temple of Jagannath, Puri, built about a. b. 1100, a well-executed Mother and group representing a Hindu mother with her baby (Fig. 137) offers a welcome change child. on gods and goddesses, Human…
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