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DOI article:Sieradzki, Wojciech: Yaksha or not Yaksha?
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18860#0146
10. Figure of a monkey, London, Victoria and Albert Museum (phot, by the author).
Each of the images has a different arrangement of the body and limbs. The destination of these
images are still being discussed. The author of the publication interpreted the object No. 3 as
the yaksha but he failed, however, to deliver the arguments that determined his judgement12.
This problem is going to be discussed further on.
The first one of the presented Warsaw relics (fig. 1) has, as a matter of fact, all the features
to fall in line with the first group described above. Hence, it can be dated to the III—II cen-
tury B.C.
The other one (fig. 2) may be referred to the second group, with a remark that it is the best of
the preserved specimens and has the highest artistic standing. This type lasted from the early
Maurya period (the beginning of the III cent. B.C.) to the early phase of Kushana period (I century
12. D. H. Gordon, "Some Terracottas...", op. cit., p. 170, qualifying the image in question as yaksha refers to the results
of the excavation in Hadda, published by J. Barthoux, Les Fouilles de Hadd a, Paris, 1930.
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Each of the images has a different arrangement of the body and limbs. The destination of these
images are still being discussed. The author of the publication interpreted the object No. 3 as
the yaksha but he failed, however, to deliver the arguments that determined his judgement12.
This problem is going to be discussed further on.
The first one of the presented Warsaw relics (fig. 1) has, as a matter of fact, all the features
to fall in line with the first group described above. Hence, it can be dated to the III—II cen-
tury B.C.
The other one (fig. 2) may be referred to the second group, with a remark that it is the best of
the preserved specimens and has the highest artistic standing. This type lasted from the early
Maurya period (the beginning of the III cent. B.C.) to the early phase of Kushana period (I century
12. D. H. Gordon, "Some Terracottas...", op. cit., p. 170, qualifying the image in question as yaksha refers to the results
of the excavation in Hadda, published by J. Barthoux, Les Fouilles de Hadd a, Paris, 1930.
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