PICTURE FRAMING MAGAZINE Ornamentation In Frame Design

Bhagovati frieze:
moulding from the
temple of Bhagovati
with scrolling
leaf and vine, intertwined
with
animals, c. second
century, B.C.
A window from the temple of Muktes’wara.
Various scrolling leaves and flower pattern, c.
second century, B.C.
INDIAN
Aedicula zoomorphic: a statue of the
province from a niche in the temple of
Bhuvanes’war. The image of an elephant
assuming human form is a typical image
from India.
A Bhuvanes’war frieze showing a griffin
with stylized leaf ornamentation, resting on a
bead ornament; from a bas-relief from
Bharhut, c. second century, B.C.
A cornice from the
temple in Parasurnames’vara
showing a
fern ornamentation,
c. second century,
B.C.
February 2004