Nooo...For once I do not like this Raja Ravi Verma! He has made the sexy Vasantsena into a matron! :(

Dancer Vasantasena with Attendants Mathura India 1st - 2nd c. Red Sikri Sandstone Source: http://bit.ly/1vrBSZ2

A mottled red sandstone relief of a Bacchanalian scene India, Mathura, Kushan period, 2nd century The central female figure supported in an intoxicated state by a tall male and a smaller female attendant, who trying to restore her dhoti, another female at upper right with an elaborate coiffure looks on, each is adorned with beaded earrings and and thick necklaces and disc belts. 27 1/2 in (69.8 cm) high Published: Donald Stadner, "'The Little Clay Cart' in Early Mathura," Orientations, January 1996 Source: Bonhams

How do we know it is Vasantsena? Could not see anything to authenticate that in the source. ( Although I much appreciate the sculptures)

Sumedha Verma Ojha: I agree. Presumed it to be credible based on the site.

any given day a rekha playing vasantasena in utsav is evergreen this looks a matron of some orthodox household so unsexy! :P both the mathura figurines are related to the play its confirmed perhaps there are sculptures related to the same story nearby it

Thanks for the information.

Vasantsena from Mrcchakatika, is dated between 2nd & 5th CE & this Mathura red stone art may be from an earlier period. Both Mathura & Delhi National museums have several pieces of bacchanalian art & these actually show " Nand & Sundari" episode of the Buddha life story. These are more likely from the Sanskrit epic poem "Saundarananda" by Asvaghosa. " Set in Kapilavastu, it is the story of the Buddha’s step-brother Nand and his spouse Sundari. Nand seeks self-fulfillment and hovers between the ascetic renouncement preached by the Buddha and the earthly beauty of the self-willed Sundari.On the day of Buddha’s return, his wife Yashodhara has also decided to join the Bhikshunis. At the same time, Sundari is holding a ‘Kamotsav’. She is humiliated because none of the guests attend." . Here is a sculpture at Mathura museum, clearly indicating the source. Most of the Kushan/Mathura sculptures have so many brahmi/kharoshti inscriptions, so there isn't much ambiguity about provenance.

This two-sided 6 feet sculpture from Mathura, is housed in National museum, Delhi & has a Vasantsena label. No inscriptions on it thouugh so, could be someone's guess.

The other-side of the maalishwala sculpture

The label

Thanks Ratnesh! Our very own Wikipedia...albeit the more reliable one.

Vasantsena is the same that Rekha played in Utsav?

wow what a treat of Indian Bacchanalian art and history!!!

Bacchanalian Art ? Bacchus, the roman/greek origin god of wine, has always had an India connection. Vienna's Kunst-historiche museum has this amazing painting by Dutch master, Heemskerck from the year 1536 which shows Bacchus's journey from India to Greece. " Bacchus, the ancient god of wine, is returning in triumph from India to Greece; this is suggested by the panther and the god's dark-skinned companions. In this picture, probably painted just after Heemskerck's stay in Rome, his style of painting people, inspired by Roman Mannerism, reached a first peak of expression. Heemskerck creates a wishful image of the humanistically informed 16th century in a combination of extraordinary, humorous and coarsely drastic elements with the smoothly polished nudity of antiquity. " Creator: Maerten van Heemskerck , 1536/37

And while on the subject of Bacchanalian art, lets not forget the rock band, Crash Test Dummies & their " God shuffled his Feet" , inspired by Titian's painting of Bacchus. ( http://youtu.be/PIZd2T1D-YE?list=PLFD31674172093264 )