Title : Stylised Terracotta Bricks
Accession No : 71/7/5139
This terracotta brick depicts a Gajasimha with a four hand figure standing over. The elephant can be seen standing, with a lion over him who can be seen with sucking elephant's trunk inside his mouth. The human figure can be seen with his left leg placed over lion's head, has four hands raised upwards and has a garland around his neck.
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- DescriptionThis terracotta brick depicts a Gajasimha with a four hand figure standing over. The elephant can be seen standing, with a lion over him who can be seen with sucking elephant's trunk inside his mouth. The human figure can be seen with his left leg placed over lion's head, has four hands raised upwards and has a garland around his neck.
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- Reference" Chattopadhaya, Kamaladevi. Handicrafts of India. New Delhi: Indian Council for Cultural Research, 1975. O.C. Handa, Madhu Jain. Wood Handicraft. New Delhi: M.L Gidwani, Indus Publishing Company, 2000."
- KeywordGajasimha, Elephant, Trunk, Man, Human