Burma . 73. QAWDAWBALIN PAYA, PAQAN. as it commonly is in Burma. In Burma Proper and Pegu good stone is scarce,and the large immovable images are built of brick and plaster and finished jnfine white lime. Movable images, up to several tons weight, are hewn in themarble of Sagaing, the freestone of Taung-u (opposite Pagan), and are cast inbrass. Lighter images are made of wood or of lacquer {man-Payd). The. 74. KYAUNG AT ANANDA PAYA; !tl .: postures are the cross-legged, seated in contemplation {tinbyingwe), the erectposture {inayyattaw), preaching or receiving alms, and the reclining posture I
Burma . 73. QAWDAWBALIN PAYA, PAQAN. as it commonly is in Burma. In Burma Proper and Pegu good stone is scarce,and the large immovable images are built of brick and plaster and finished jnfine white lime. Movable images, up to several tons weight, are hewn in themarble of Sagaing, the freestone of Taung-u (opposite Pagan), and are cast inbrass. Lighter images are made of wood or of lacquer {man-Payd). The. 74. KYAUNG AT ANANDA PAYA; !tl .: postures are the cross-legged, seated in contemplation {tinbyingwe), the erectposture {inayyattaw), preaching or receiving alms, and the reclining posture IMAGES, SCRIPTURES 35 [lyaung-daw). In the sitting figure theg5irb is either the array of the prince beforehe became the Buddha or his subsequentgarb of recluse. In the standing andrecHning images the garb is always thatof the recluse. The mound on the headrepresents the residue of hair, as cut offwith his sword by the prince when he fledfrom the palace. According to the legendthe hair grew no more. The pose of theconventional figure is the Indian one withits rigid symmetry. The fingers and toesare parallel and of equal length. Thelobe of the ear reaches to the late, under the stimulus of western art-products, the figure is beginning to berealistically treated, especially in thedrapery, which is now modelled intonatural folds in relief, instead of being conventionally mapped on the flat.
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