South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c9.73

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The typically decadent examples, are perhaps well represented by the figures illustrated in Plates VII, XI, XVIII, XX, XXI, XXXII, XLV & L. On the other hand the most characteristic qualities of this school of sculpture are very well brought out in the illustrations given in Plates I, III, IV, XVI, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXVI, XLIX, LII & LXXVIII. The group of the latter taken together constitutes a fairly high criterion by which the qualities of the later works can be judged.