Lady Writing a Letter

Lady Writing a Letter

Khajaraho School,10th Century AD

         No other School paid as much attention to the world of woman as Khajaraho did. The Khajaraho sculptors have captured her every nuance, her every turn and twists, her grace and power.  She is the Apsaras,  the Goddess, the  queen, the common woman. 

         Here we see a woman who is busy writing a letter. To whom she writes, we do not know: her husband, or a lover, her parents, or a petition to the King? But her grace, her attention to her work captures our imagination.  

         This sculpture is a classic piece of the Khajaraho School.  It has all the trademarks of the school.  The arched eyebrows, the curls on the forehead,  the loose bun, the jewelled belt, the bare chest, the see through sari as the lower garment, the broad hips, and the bare feet. Her curved body lends a sense of grace and a sense of other worldliness.  She is one of us, yer she is divine.