Bodhisattva

Upper part of a statue stele depicting a bodhisattva The figure was in abhayamudrā. The head is round and plumply, with neck showing two lines. He has an ūrṇā in relief, arched eyebrows, a large nose and a thin mouth. The hair, styled in ringlets with locks flowing on the shoulder, shows a double string of beads with a central stone. The knot is tied at its base by a plain string. The nimbus is bordered with pearls, the field is plain. The bodhisattva wears an uttarīya exposing the torso and covering the left shoulders. The ornaments consist of ring-shaped earrings with beads bands, a short flat band necklace decorated with stones bisected into triangles each containing an indented triangle, a long multiple strands necklace with a central stone, and a crossed cord passing under the right armpit with kavacas. The remaining of the shaft of an umbrella are seen emerging from the back of the figure.